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FOIIEST IVOBK FOB THE MONTH. [Jak. 



FLAK TING TREES AFTEB AN OAT CHOP. 



Sir, — I am intendin- to plant a piece of land, wliicli has had a crop 

 of oats on it this suni,mer. The land is 500 ft. ahove the sea, thin 

 and bare, on tlie chalk. Can you or any of your correspondents tell. 

 me whether it is best to lay such land down to grass before planting 

 or what I should do with it ? My experience is that trees, especially 

 Larch, do not do v, ell on [such land as I have described, after a corn 

 crop. 



A. J. Cholmley. 



Newton, Billii.r/lo'u, York. 



BARBED FENCING. 



Sir, — Will any of your readers kindly give their experience of the 

 American patent barbed fencing wire ? Since its introduction I have 

 looked upon it as a barbarous contrivance, very dangerous to stock ; 

 as I have kno\vn valuable horses cut themselves severely upon a 

 joining of the wire where the ends had been left too long. However,. 

 as fences are often much damaged through stock rubbing against them 

 there is no doubt but that the barbed fence would be an acquisition, 

 if there is no risk of injury to stock. 



Querist. 



KAY'S DEN DROME TEE. 

 SiK, — I am ghid to be able to bear testimony to the accuracy and 

 simplicity of tins instrument for taking the heights of standing trees 



