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an acre; when they have got to be twelve or fifteen feet 

 high, and their roots well extended, run straggling furrows 

 through the ground, and, wherever the roots are cut with 

 the plough, new trees will start up, and soon stock the 

 whole ground with a plentiful growth. This tree has been 

 but lately introduced into general use in France ; and it is 

 said to be there valued more than any other which is culti- 

 vated in that Country. 



Where wood is raised merely for fuel, it may be suffered 

 to grow as thick as it will; it becomes sufficiently thined 

 of itself, as it grows larger; but where oak, or any other 

 trees, are to be raised for timber, they ought to stand fur- 

 ther apart, in order to have their growth rapid, and the 

 timber firm and durable. 



If woods are old and decaying, the better way is to cut 

 all off, as you want to use the wood, and let an entire new 

 growth start up, which will grow more rapidly. 



Much poor exhausted lands in this Country should be 

 planted with forests, to supply the waste of wood that is 

 constantly increasing. For raising oaks, which are an es- 

 sential article, some direct to let the acorns be ploughed 

 under, with a shoal furrow, in the Fall; or they may then 

 be buried in a bed of earth, and, after they have sprouted 

 in the Spring, planted as before, at the distance of about a 

 foot from each other. They may also be planted in the 

 sward, at the depth of about two inces, by diging little 

 holes for the purpose. 

 See further, OAK. 



Let the weeds be kept down till the young growth of the 

 forest shall have overpowered them. The strongest plants 

 will keep down the Weakest, and thus sufficiently thin the 

 trees, as they increase in size ; but, where a growth for 

 timber is intended, let the weakest be cut away to give 

 more room for the strongest, after they have attained some 

 considerable size. Let no cattle be admited into the forest, 

 until the trees are beyond their reach ; and, at no time 

 whatever, where young sucessive growths for fuel is in- 

 tended. 



FOUNDERING OF HORSES. We usually say that a 

 Horse is foundered, when his legs and feet have become 

 stiffened and sore, by eating too large a quantity of hard 

 grain at once. The best remedy for this, is exercise by 

 riding ; and in addition to this let the bits of his bridle be 

 wound round with a rag, into which let as much human 

 ordure be put as it will hold. Put this into his mouth, and 

 let him chew upon it while riding him, and in due season 

 repeat the dose, if necessary. 



