Hi HEDGES. 



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grubbing : I have known one let to grub upon 

 thefe terms. I have alfo known fixpence a 

 rod (of fcvcn yards) befides the roots given ;— *• 

 alfo, one fhilling a rod and the fmall roots. 



The price of re-making — that is, fcouring 

 and banking up — an old ditch is nine-pence a 

 rod and beer ; fo that the difference between 

 re-making the old one and raifing a new one 

 is but three-pence a rod. 



VII. Grubbing the borders of old hedges, 

 and turning up the leaves^ rough grafs, and top- 

 loil for manure, is much in practice •, and pro- 

 vided too much foil be not carried away from 

 the roots of the hedgewood, the pradtice is a 

 good one. The unplowed flip on the ditch- 

 lide is, generally, when the ditch is fcoured, 

 treated in the fame manner, and mixed with 

 the ihovellings of the ditch. 



Thefe are pra<ftiGes, which, though valu- 

 able, arc in many parts of the ifland entirely 

 neglected ; the borders, on both fides, being 

 left as nurferies of weeds, whole feeds become 

 a nuifance, not only to the farm they 

 grow on, but to its neighbourhood. 



VIII. The HEDGE-Vv'ooD ufually planted is 

 'xe'^;V^-/i?i'r» ; which, if properly planted, flouriflies 



abundantly 



