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and by the birds that are always in at- 

 tendance on this operation. 



There is nothing in human economy 

 more calculated to insure health and 

 comfort than clecmUness in the full extent 

 of its meaning, whether with regard to 

 the person or clothing, and the same 

 principle holds good in husbandry ; we 

 see its influence in the breeding, nurtur- 

 ing, and fattening of all kinds of animals, 

 we also observe it in the land among our 

 crops, and if we only pay a proper atten- 

 tion to the subject, amongst our fruit trees; 

 for we shall find that the eggs of many of 

 our insects, as well as the cln-ysalides in 

 which they lie up, are fixed to the dead 

 wood on the trees, and also to that which 

 is found on the ground below the trees, 

 on dead leaves, and on the withered 

 grass. It would therefore, after all that 

 has been said on this subject, be super- 

 fluous to caution the farmer against let- 

 ting such litter remain, and, for the 

 above reasons, to keep his orchard land 

 always in a state of cleanliness and good 

 order. Dead hedges should at all times 

 be as much avoided as possible ; my rea- 



