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not be plowed in the fpring, as it would 

 be too 

 at firft. 



be too ftiff for the feeds to vegetate in 



TH E acorns being planted at their pro- 

 per diftances, as alfb the fallows and po- 

 plars, let aQi, birch, and rough-leaved 

 elm-feed be fbwn all over the field, and 

 covered with a fingle ftroke of a bufh- 

 harrow. 



THE poplars and willows fliould be 

 planted at eight feet diitance ; but none of 

 them (hould be planted nearer the acorns 

 that are to remain for timber-trees, than 

 ten feet. 



IN fuch g plantation it would be very 

 beneficial to prune the oaks for ten years, 

 which would make them have fine flraight 

 flems, and be of great value. Being plant- 

 ed at fb great a diftance, there would not 

 be a great number in a large field, and 

 the labour and expence would be trifling. 

 Where underwood is intended, the tim- 

 ber 



