I N U T E S 



MAY 



HEDGEROW 

 TIMfctR. 



ANT-HILLS. 



It is true, he blames his men ; but this 15 

 no excufe : he promifcd to attend minutely to 

 the bufmefs himlelf. I pointed out the boughs 

 which were proper to be taken off: but for one 

 I pointed out, he has taken off three. 



Nor is he the only one who has made the 

 fame wilful miftake ; and it is a want of com- 

 mon prudence to leave to a tenant a bufmefs of 

 fo much importance to an eftate as the pruning 

 of timber-trees ; for he has a double intereil in 

 abufing his truft :- he difencumbers his farm, 

 and fills his wood-yard. 



In future, when I fee it ncceffary that timber- 

 trees Ihould be lightened of their low-hang ng 

 boughs whether for the prefervation of the 

 hedge, or the relief of the crops, I will fend 

 a wood-man to do it in a proper manner ; and 

 charge the faggots at a fair price to the 

 farmer *. 



6. 



MAY ro. Some time ago, gave a tenant 

 leave to cut and burn ant-hills off a dole be* 

 longing to his farm, upon 'a common. 



* This rule I afterwards obferved ; and found it not 

 only beneficial to the eftate, -but agreeable to the tenant ; 

 for under this regulation he found more of this neceflary 

 work take place, upon his farm, than he hud theretofore 

 been able to get done. 



His 



