OF WOOD S. 119 



. As they grow thick there will be no 

 occafion for pruning or dreffing ; only 

 when any part of the field is cut in the 

 winter, the next fummer all the fhoots, 

 but two or three of the beft, mould be 

 pulled off from the ftools, and thole left 

 fhould be at as equal diftances as potlible. 

 There will be no occalion to pull them 

 any more, as the thicknefs of the wood 

 will fmother what fprings after the firft 

 fummer. This mould be done every cut- 

 ting. 



THERE fhould never be any trees 

 weeded out, for that, in a few year?, 

 would fpoil the whole field ; for as the 

 wood will be very clofe, the young moots 

 that fprouted from the tree which was 

 cut would want free air, be drawn up 

 weak, and grow crooked, 



UNDER- WOODS of Beech and Hornbeam 

 will be very profitable where much char- 

 coal is wanted ; for if they are cut clean 

 they will grow very faft from the {tools, 



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