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a'nrf all the leguininous tribe which afford 



moft {hade, evince the truth of this ob- 



fervation. Raifing wood in a bleak and 



expofed country, is not only a defirable 



objed:, as affording a fupply for fencing, 



fuel, implements of hufbandry, and for 



buildings, but has this additional excellence, 



that if the plantations are difcreetly placed, 



^nd the inclofures properly bordered with 



wood, all the adjacent land is confiderably 



benefited by being protected from the rage 



of impetuous f^orms; the grafs grows 



better, and the cattle thrive much more ori 



account of the flicker : Nor do I believe^ 



that low-rented land, efpecially the fides of 



fleep hills, can be turned to more adA^antage 



than by planting them. Tor inflance, I have 



an inclofure of about fix acres on the top 



of a high hill, which, 30 years fmce, was 



planted v/ith Scotch fir, afhes, and beech ; 



the trees are now at a medium 25 feet high, 



each plant will make four rails, and is worth 



II. 6 i. they fland at about fix feet diflance 



from each other, therefore the fix acres 



contain 7260 trees, valued at 544/. loj". 



The fencing this plantation and repairs cofl: 



30 /. the plants four years old at 5 s.fer 100, 



coft 1 8 /. the rent of the land, before the 



inclofure, was i s. per acre. Deducing then 



50 /, for expences, the produce of fix acres, 



in 30 years, is 494/. but the compound 



ir^tereft on 50 /. at 4 per cent, will, in 30 



Z years. 



