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taking away, before any real profit Can 

 arise from them. Nor can we thin trees, 

 of three feet apart, to leave them regular, 

 tit nearer distances than six feet; of course, 

 three would be taken down, for one left. 

 This would be doing by far too much, 

 and therefore, the better way is to do it 

 irregularly ; and repeat it either the next, 

 or the following year at furthest. 



To treat upon distances here, may at 

 lirst sight be considered as stepping aside 

 from the subject, but certainly it cannot 

 be altogether irrelevant to guard the 

 reader against a capital and common er- 

 ror, in the very outset of planting. The 

 real friends of the business can neither 

 recommend, nor overlook what unneces- 

 sarily enhances the expence or leads to 

 future mismanagement ; because both 

 operate directly as discouragements. 



It has been said, that no parts are equal 

 to plantations for producing a largo 



