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Another fort of pafture, in many parts 

 of England, is overfpread with alders, 

 and other fcrubby wood, and bufhes ; 

 which, befides carrying a very flovenly 

 appearance, harbours wet ^ and the (hade 

 renders the turf four. This rubbiili 

 fliould always be extirpated. Wood and 

 grafs never do v/ell together. If it be 

 neceflary to have wood of this fort, it 

 Ihould be raifed in feparate plantations, in 

 the manner I (liall hereafter point out. 



Another fort of pafture ftill is over- 

 run with ant and mole-hills ; owing, at 

 firft, to negled:, in the occupier of the 

 land. Such turf as this is generally old ; 

 fometimes it is too bad to recover -, but 

 oftentimes, when the hills are laid, proves 

 good land. There are two ways of cu- 

 ring this ground ; the one is by crofTmg 

 and hollowing up the turf, fcooping out 

 the middle part, fpreading it about, and 



laying 



