1781. 



NORFOLK. 



TIME OF 

 CUTTING 

 HEDGE- 

 WOOD. 



the fap in the root, without having yet ex- 34. 



hauded any of it ; confequently when the top is 

 taken off, the ftub throws out many and 

 ftrong fhoots. 



Therefore, if this reafoning be good, there 

 is a judicious moment for cutting hedges and 

 underwoods : namely, when the fap has begun 

 to rife, but before any part of it has been ex- 

 haufted : and perhaps this time is when the 

 tree or fhrub is beginning to bud : the young 

 quick againft Suffield Common was cut in this 

 ftate, and the Ihoots are remarkably ftrong *. 



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NOVEMBER 23. Having frequently feen the 

 mifchiefs done to the lean-to porches of barns ; 

 by loads of corn being drawn furioufly againft 

 them in harveft ; I have long wifhed to try 

 fome method of prevention. 



In building a new barn at Antingham, I CHECKBEAM 

 threw the ends of an old beam into the jambs 

 of the fide-walls; fo as to reach acrofs the 

 floor, at the entrance of the porch ; low enough 



* There is however a difadrantage in cutting thorns in- 

 tended for hedging materi.'.ls in this ilate ; as they are lefs 

 durable than when they are cut in winter, when the fap it 

 down. 



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