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ging, or rather grubbing them, to such a degree, that I 

 had much doubt of their succeeding in the light soil 

 in which I planted them. Notwithstanding these ob- 

 stacles to their success both from situation and season, 

 the trees have generally grown well, except those 

 which have been destroyed by the mice : the cultiva- 

 tion with corn is the circumstance to which I attribute 

 their success the difference between dung and the 

 compost of mud &c. is also very discoverable in this 

 experiment 



EXPERIMENT NO. 9. 



In November 1807, T planted 483 trees at 35 feet 

 apart, on a light sandy soil the holes dug as usual, 

 2 spits deep, four feet wide, the lower spit thrown a- 

 way. To all the trees when planted, mud was ap- 

 plied in great quantity, either in its simple state, or 

 mixed with dung, ashes, or lime in compost: In the 

 course of the following winter, and at other times 

 since, several loads of mud have been hauled to each 

 tree the effect has been in proportion to the quanti- 

 ty used, and the orchard now, in 1816, exhibits the 

 most satisfactory evidence of the efficacy of mud on 

 sandy land. The Winesaps and English S tires in 

 this orchard, can hardly be surpassed for vigour of 

 growth, or beauty of form the former already bear 

 most abundantly, although but nine years old. 



