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on eastern than on western slopes. 

 Heather is also believed to be favourably 

 influenced by its proximity to the sea. 

 Were general rules drawn up for 

 guidance as to the age-limit for useful 

 heather, they would, in the view of most 

 practical men, include the following : 

 Burn all decayed, decaying or injured and 

 sapless heather. Burn the oldest and 

 least valuable portions of heather, so that 

 in a rotation of not less than ten years all 

 the heather on the subject will have been 

 overtaken. Burn, even more frequently, 

 ground where a quicker reproduction may 

 be reckoned on. When damp and deep 

 ground may be burnt, do not hesitate to do 

 so oftener than on dry slopes, for regrowth 

 is more rapid on the former than on the 

 latter ground. You can hardly have too 

 much young fresh heather where you can 

 reckon on steady successive supplies of it. 

 The extent of heather which should be 

 burnt in any one season is also a point 

 about which views are not always in 

 accord. It is to some extent dependent 



