VALUE OF TIMBER. 



the flicker and fhade moft valuable. Even the 

 corn farmer, in many inftances, might be very 

 much bettered by planting. Whether his farm 

 be fituated on the plain, or on the fide of a hill, 

 if deftitute of wood, it is pronounced, by common 

 confent, a bare, cold looking place. Certainly a 

 fpirit for planting has other objecls in view than 

 that of increafing the quantity of arable ground. 

 All that we propofe is to advife the making of 

 ufeful plantations : And he is furely a fhortfighted 

 proprietor, who would grudge the planting of 

 fuch a part as fhall evidently benefit the reft by 

 a moderate and convenient fhelter, even fuppo- 

 fing the lands to be, what rarely can happen, fole- 

 ly appropriated to tillage ; for, furely, under good 

 management, in many cafes the arable farmer 

 muft occafionally become a feeder ; and then he 

 muft neceflarily be fenfible to the good effe&s of 

 planting, in common with the breeder and gra- 

 zier, as in the cafes adverted to above. 



It is very generally known, that fuch eftates as 

 have a quantity of well arranged, healthy timber 

 upon them, when brought to fale, bring an extra 

 price, according to the quality and value of the 

 wood, not only at the time of fale, but, counting 

 forward on its value, to a diftant period. Thus, 

 fuppofmg the half-grown timber on an eflate 

 to be valued at ten thoufand pounds at the time 

 of the fale, inftances are to be found where thirty 



thoufand 



