FOREST PLANTATIONS. 



of thofe to be taken out. With this view, it may 

 frequently be proper previoufly to faw off the 

 larger boughs of fuch plants as are to be removed, 

 left, in their fall, they might become entangled 

 with the branches of thofe that are to (land, which 

 they would not fail to injure. 



A block and tackle may frequently be found 

 ferviceable to aid the endeavour of laying the tree 

 in a particular pofition, and keeping it clear, in 

 the fall, of the branches, or ftems of others : For^ 

 although a pradifed and Ikilful feller, provided 

 the tree in queftion be pretty ftraight, and ftand 

 fair on its foot, can almoft, to a certainty, lay the 

 head where he wiihes it; yet, if the flem be 

 crooked, and the plant grow in an oblique pof- 

 ture, it will frequently take very unexpected turns 

 in the fall* 



Plantations of Scots Fir fuftain lefs injury by 

 being kept too thick, efpecially in youth, than 

 any other kind of trees. Indeed, to produce tallj 

 flraight -timber, it is neceflary to keep all young 

 plantations of Scots fir rather thick than other- 

 wife. Therefore, fuch as have been planted at 

 about three or four feet apart, and which have 

 rifen well, and are under ten years of age, fhould 

 not be deemed negle&ed, even though they have 

 been neither pruned nor thinned, provided only 

 their leaders have been kept fmgle. 



But fuch as have been left in this flate, from 



this 



