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raising large quantities of clung, at a cheap rate, is 

 to make use of plenty of litter. 



PLANT WILLOWS. 



I do not, in this Calendar, mean to treat of the 

 planting of trees, as that is the business rather of 

 landlords and gentlemen, than of farmers; but, 

 with the quick-growing aquatics, the case is diffe- 

 rent. If any part of the fences of the farm are situ- 

 ated in low, wet, or boggy places, it is a chance if 

 thorns prosper well. The best method of repairing 

 them is to plant trunchions of willow, sallow, 

 alder, &c. for hedge-stakes, and along the bank, 

 for plashing down afterwards, which will ensure 

 the tenant a great plenty of firing ; and in such 

 situations, and in waste spots that cannot easily be- 

 better improved, it will answer extremely well to 

 set longer trunchions for pollard trees. They re- 

 pay the expence with great profit, 

 PLANT OSIERS. 



It is now a proper time to plant osiers and other 

 sorts of willows. No part of the farmer's business 

 pays better than such plantations, and especially 

 if he has any low, spungy, boggy bottoms near a 

 stream. The land should be formed by spade- 

 work into beds six, eight, or ten feet broad, by 

 narrow ditches ; and if there is a power of keep- 

 ing water in these cuts at pleasure by a sluice, it is 

 in some seasons very advantageous to do so. The 

 late Mr. Forby, of Norfolk, knew the value of 

 these plantations well, for various purposes. Osiers 

 planted in small spots, and along sorne of his 



hedges^ 



