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AGRICULTURAL SURVEY 



eftate of Mr. Galway, of Tofts, near Thetford. 

 The merit of this plantation juflly belongs to Mr. 

 Griffin, of Mundford, who adviled Mr. Nelfon, 

 whofe eflate it was formerly, to this undertaking. 

 It was planted with a variety of trees, at fix feet 

 apart, and coft ten pounds an acre. It was begun 

 in 1770, and completed in 1778. It has been 

 thinned feveral times ; and the trees, if fold at this 

 time, would be worth fifty pounds per acre. But 

 the advantage it is to the reft of the eftate, to lay 

 nothing of its ornament, is not to be defcribed, as 

 it affords fnelter and warmth to cattle, which next 

 to food, contribute to their health and thrift ; fo 

 that the land is increafed in value confiderably. In 

 fhort, if Mr. Galway would now line his belt with 

 deciduous trees, fuch as birch, beech, and chefnut, 

 to repel the wind, which now begins to draw 

 through the bottom of the plantation, as it confifts 

 chiefly of firs, it would enhance the value of his 

 eftate a full third. 



There is great advantage in planting a large 

 body of wood in a naked country, which is not at 

 firft perceived. Where there is nothing to refift 

 the cold winds, vegetation and cattle are cut to 

 death, and nothing rich from the atmofphere can 

 be retained. But plantations flop the rapid cur- 

 rent of the air, colled: a denfity which helps to en- 

 rich the furface of the earth; and, moreover, by 

 giving warmth and comfort to cattle, half the fod- 

 der 



