64 ON PLANTING 



and commons, where there are no trees,- 

 they may eafily be deftroyed. 



THE crows are the mod mifchievo-us, 

 and will deftroy a large plantation in a 

 fhort time ; for as foon as they find a field- 

 er common, ibwn with tree-feeds, they 

 will root with their bills, and fcratch with 

 their feet, until they get at the feed, al- 

 though two inches deep in the ground, 

 efpecially Acorns and Beech-mall:, which 

 they are very fond of. 



THE beft method I could ever find was 

 to (hoot ibm-e of them, pnll oft fome of 

 the feathers, fcatter them about, open the 

 crop, put fome gunpowder on the infide, 

 and drop the carcafes about the field : 

 this will frighten them for fome time* 

 and as the prepared feeds are foon out of 

 the ground, it will be a great means to 

 fave them from thofe enemies, who are not 

 fo fond of them after fprouting. 



THE feeds of Acorns, Beech-maft, and' 



all 



