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lofty hedgerows are hcwjicial to grafsland ; 

 increafing its produttlvencis by their warmth, 

 and giving flicker and Ihade to pailuring- 

 flock. The roots, even of the afii, arc con- 

 fidercd as inoffir.frce to hmd in a flare of 

 grc.fs ; in which flate the grounds thus leaded 

 with hedo-es and timber-trees is aimoft uni- 

 verfaliy kept. 



Indeed, it would be impoffiblc, in their 

 prefent flate, to occupy them as crahle land. 

 There are entire inclofures, every foot of the \ 

 areas of which mufl neceflluily be occupied 

 by aJJj-rccts; neverthelefs they give an ample 

 fupply of hay and pafturage. One to two 

 tons of hay an acre. And in many of them, 

 three acres will afford fumcient pailurage for 

 two cows of the largeft fizc. The rent from 

 thirty to forty iliillings an acre. Strong evi- 

 dences thefe that. the rcois of the (^JJj arc not 

 very injurious to grnfsland. 



It is evident, however, that the onk, when 

 fuffered to thruft its kiv fpreading bead into 

 the inclofure, is injurious to the herbage be- 

 neath it ; that the Ica^'cs of the ap are very 

 detrimental to aftergrafs ; and that the 

 hedges are annually receiving irreparable da- 



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