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But I have other objections than thefeto 

 this practice, viz. iy?, Until the trees have 

 been about fifteen years in the ground, are 

 well eftablilhed, and the temporaries are 

 all removed, the ground mould not be laid 

 down in grafs. 2dly, If planted with the 

 view of being an Orchard only, the trees 

 will neceflarily ftand fo thick, and the 

 herbage be fo much fhaded, that it will 

 be of little value, and of very bad quality 

 for pafture. La/lty, 1 confider it as being 

 prejudicial to the roots of the trees, parti- 

 cularly in ft iff wet foils, to be pent up in 

 the earth, and retarded in their annual 

 progrefs by the weight and conftant tread- 

 ing of the cattle. 



Wherefore, I would rather advife, that 

 the'under crop be ufed as cut grafs, (which 

 generally comes very early), and this is 

 found tto pay better than pafturing ; the 

 firfl cutting, which is always had before 

 the trees are full in leaf, being equal to the 

 value of the pafture. 



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