FOREST PLANTATIONS. 477 



FOREST PLANTATIONS* 



FALLOW. 



BY the end of this month, all grounds in a 

 ftate of preparation by fallow Ihould be laid up 

 in proper ridges, as elfewhere noticed. If this 

 bufinefs be deferred till a later period, the wea- 

 ther may become damp and rainy, fo that it can- 

 not be fo well done ; and perhaps the weather 

 may be fo far broken, as not to allow it to be 

 further touched at all till fpring : In which cafe, 

 the ground would be foured, and very much in* 

 jured. 



PITTING GROUND. 



The operations of preparing ground by pitting, 

 are (till to be carried on when required. If the 

 furface of the ground to be pitted be tender, it 

 may ftill be buried in the bottoms of the pits, as 

 advifed in May. But if it be at all coarfe, or confift 

 of rough grafs, do not attempt the burying of the 

 furface, if you wifh to plant in the enfuing win- 

 ter or fpring. Let fuch be pared off as thin as 

 pofGble, and be difcarded as formerly advifed. 

 If the foil be fandy or free, fill' the one pit 

 out of the other ; but if it be ftrong clay, or o- 

 ther ftubborn foil, lay it up at the fide of the pit, 



that 



