l€<) 1) anger attending Trees about Corn Fields. April 



grounds are in pafture, may be ufeful ; but if inclofures 

 are very fmall, and trees and hedges very high, the lofs 

 of ground is confiderable ; befides that the quality of the 

 grals under the branches of the wide fpreading trees, 

 although not lefs in quantity, will be very inferior in 

 quality : And how much are cattle hurt by the fwarms 

 of vermin that are bred from, and come forth in the 

 months of July and Augufl, and render thofe two 

 months of little value to the graziers ? 



We are told by. good authority, that Britain, in the bed 

 of fcafons, cannot grow enough of corn to fupply her 

 confumption ; therefore every impediment to the growth 

 of that ufeful and neceflary article fliould be removed : 

 But, to accomplifh thefe advantages, in many inftances, 

 I mult appeal to the feelings of all warm-hearted pa- 

 triotic landlords, who may have their tenants bound to 

 plant and rear trees, where trees fhould never grow — 

 on corn fields. If they are real lovei^ of their country, 

 they will cheerfully allow thofe trees, that are doing io 

 much harm, to be rooted out and deltroyed, and they 

 will be fully rewarded, by increafing the value of their 

 ground, and in giving the pleafure of feeing the fields 

 richly covered with full crops of healthy yellow corn. 



Hedge-row trees are often to be feen in a very un- 

 thriving flate, in which cafe, they are difagreeable ob- 

 jects ; and when they happen to thrive, in procfefs of 

 time, they prove the deftrutlion of the hedge. 



I am, &c. 



Verus. 



TO THE CONDUCTORS OF THE FARMER's MAGAZINE. 



On the Neiv Alode of Drainage, 



GENTLEMEN, 



I remember having obfcrved, fome years ago, a dif- 

 pute in the -public papers concerning the new mode of 

 .drainage, the merit of whicJi was claimed by two refpect- 

 able and fcientific gentlemen, viz. Dr James Andcrfon 

 itnd Mr Elkington ; but I arn inclined to believe, that the 



chief, 



