March.~\ WOODS AND COPSES. 



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at which patches of Copfe-wood feeds are to be 

 fown. Thefe patches fhould be at fix feet diftance 

 from each other, both in the rows, and alfo be- 

 twixt them. They fhould be fo difpofed, as that 

 the patch in the one row mail be oppofite the 

 middle of the vacant fpace between the two 

 patches of the oppofite row, or in what is called 

 the Quincunx Order. 



The eafiefi manner of performing this, is by a 

 chain marked at the proper diflances. Lock out 

 for the permanent angle of the field which i .; 

 nearefl the fquare, that is, which will bed corre- 

 fpond with an angle of 90; which being form- 

 ed, let the limbs of this angle extend themfelves 

 the whole extent of your field either way, which 

 can be eafily done by poles, a hand line, and a 

 hoe. Form a line parallel to the longed limb of 

 the angle, and at ten, fifteen, or twenty times 

 the diftance propofed for the rows of plants. Be- 

 gin at the other, or fhorteft limb of the angle, 

 and meafure on each of the above lines the dif- 

 tance of the propofed line of patches; which mark, 

 by flicking up a fmall pin eight or nine inches 

 long. Thefe two lines may be fo marked through 

 their whole length. Then ft retch the chain over 

 the firft two equidiftant pins, and produce the 

 line till the proper point be exaclly marked upon 

 the above mentioned longeft limb of the angle. 

 While doing this, you go along the chain, and 



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