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but on others also that become visible at a distance, 

 and has, in some gases, operated effeclually to a great 

 distance, and even on the opposite side of a hill more 

 than a mile from the spot. The principal use of 

 mentioning this system here is, to caution a young 

 farmer to consider well the circumstances of the 

 ne&s which injures him, in order that he may ascer- 

 tain the cause, and the best method of applying a 

 remedy. If he duly and attentively examines hi* 

 farm, and its relative situation in respect of hills or 

 mountains in his immediate vicinity, and marks all 

 the places where springs break out, he can hardly 

 fail of going to work with more skill and more appro- 

 priated efforts, than if such a system of drainage had 

 jiot been in his mind. 



WOODS. 



Now begins the business of wood-cutting. In 

 $ome parts of the kingdom, this is a profitable part of 

 husbandry ; but, in many others, it pays very indiffe- 

 rent returns. If there is a long carriage on the wood, 

 it answers rarely well enough to induce a spirited 

 farmer to apply his attention and money to it : arable 

 and grass laud will pay better ; and supposing one 

 hundred or two hundred pounds, or more, of his 

 stock, applied to hiring the wood, he may in general 

 be assured, that the same sum, thrown into his farm 

 in an increase of improvement by draining or ma- 

 nuring, will pay him better interest. But, if it is ex- 

 pedient to keep woods, it is much worth attention to 

 apply them to the best use. Old experienced farmers 

 are ajvvays attentive enough in this ; but young ones, 

 and gentlemen just beginning their husbandry, are 



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