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In this part of the kingdom, they should be placed on the soul* 

 'west side of a farm, as the wind from this quarter is most Injurious* 

 The Scotch fir will endure almost any severity of climate, and the 

 h-.ech will resist the destructive influence of the sea breeze ; next 

 to these, in point cf hardiness, is the sjca/noor, the ash, and the 

 birch. 



Such plantations may be pbced at the angles of the large field?, 

 or on soots too rocky, and uneven to admit the {lough. They 

 should be planted when young, and great care should be taken to 

 secure them from cattle ; this k best done by a stone wall, fof 

 hedges are liable to be broken down by suortsmen, and the work 

 of many years may be destroyed in one night. I would rather see 

 cattle in a field of ripe corn, than in a new made plantation. The 

 damage in one instance is only partial, in the other it is nearly 

 irreparable. 



j4- Wherever marl, time, or chalk cax be procured tviihifi a reascKfihle 

 distance, neglect not a liberal use thereof; and if destitute cf such re- 

 sources, be careful to male as much dung as possible by folding sheep* 

 housing all sorts of cattle, preserving urine, collecting vooclun rags, 

 <i?hes, horn shavings, bones, &c, %&e. 



In the northern part cf the county of Somerset, both marl and 

 lime are in great abundance. The former is dug for about six- 

 pence per ton, and as it is the produce of the land to which it is 

 applied, the carriage is very trifling. There can be therefore no 

 excuse for those people who possess such a treasure, and yet for- 

 bear the use of it. Wonderful, however, a: it may appear, I can 

 assure my readers, that there are large tracts possessing veins of 

 this invaluable manure umv> ought, and in those parts wh ere it is 

 applied, a repetition of it seldom takes place in less than twenty-five 

 or thirty years ; so that a liberal manuring does not exceed one 

 shilling and six-pence per acre per annum, and for this, there arc 

 many instances of an almost immediate advance of rent of twenty 

 shillings per acre. 



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