438 blservaiionf 9n growing Timber, 



neither bran nor malt for mashes, which were ordered for 

 the horses with sulphur, after bleeding: That he ordered 

 the men to cut furze, and ordered them to give it to the 

 horses, after they had beat it well on the pavement : that 

 at first they had to ujix it with oats, but that in two days 

 the horses devoured it like clover. That by these means 

 he recovered them all, though every other troop lost two or 

 three; and that his was the only troop in good condition 

 at the review. I remain with esteem, sir, ' ' 



Your sincere and humble servailt, 



Muirfield, Jan. 22, 18C9. SpKNCER COCHRANE^' 



To C. Taylor, M.D. Sec. 



LXIV. Additional Ohservatioiis for the Purpose of ascer- 

 tmning the Fahie of growing Timber at different and 

 distant Periods of Time, Bi/ Mr, Charles Waistell^ 

 of High Holboniy London *. 



Sir, In the Society's last volume, under the head of Agri- 

 culture, are some tables and observations of mine, on the 

 growth of timbcrf ; and I have given one instance of six 

 acres of very bad land, pl.inied with Scotch firs under my 

 directions, which at 29 years growth, and at the small price 

 of U. a foot, had paid the owner 5/, per acre per annum 

 compound interest. My motive in communicating these 

 tables, observations and facts to the public, was to promote 

 the planting of inferior and almost useless soils, in order 

 to obtain from them timber of our own growth, sufficient 

 for at least many of the purposes for which foreign tim- 

 ber is imported at an immense annual expense. For 

 instance, much of such inferior soils will be found on Con- 

 nock Heath in Staffordshire, on the moor lands in the 

 north of that county, and on the moors in Derbyshire, 

 Yorkshire, and northwards to Scotland, also on Bagshot 

 Heath, Salisbury Plain, the heaths and wastes in Sussex, 

 Hampshire, and Dorsetshire, and in many other counties 

 in England, and also in Scotland and Wales. In that pa- 

 per I suggested, that information of very great value on the 

 subject of planting, might be obtained from noblemen 

 and gentlemen to whom the Society had given medals and 

 premiums for plantins^ trees, if they would communicate 

 to the Society (heir subsequent observations on such plan- 



♦ From Transactions of the Society for the EncQuragemtnt of Arts, Mam fac* 

 tures, and Commerce^ for 1809. 

 f See Philosophical Magaziue, vol. xxxiii. 



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