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fourth year after planting, as it binds 

 them fo that they cannot be broke 

 through ; but thofe that are to grow 

 high, and are afterwards to be laid, 

 Should not be platted at all, for they 

 would be fo intangled that it would be 

 impoflible to feparate them. 



THOSE on gravelly poor land make 

 but bad fences when laid, fo that the 

 beft way is to clip them ; but if that is 

 thought too great an expence to the 

 farmers, if they will carefully keep them 

 thin at top, and cut off all the fide- 

 branches that over-hang, they will laft 

 at lead: twenty years and more* and 

 be in a good condition to lay after that 

 time. 



I N good land and clay grounds laid 

 hedges will anfwer very well. The cut- 

 ting the boughs that hang down will be 

 of great fervice to thofe that are to run up 

 to height, and are to be cut down and 

 laid. By the trimming of them annually 



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