"with a view to their after Management. 



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intended for permanent wood ; that the soil is suitable for oak, 

 larch, and ash ; and that the situation is sheltered, or at any rate 

 not much exposed to winds. 



It is necessary, in the first place, to set out roads at suitable 

 distances, with reference to the shape of the ground, in order to 

 get out the trees as they are cut, without injuring those which 

 are to remain. These should be 20 ft. wide, and so laid out 

 that every part of the wood be equally accessible. (See^-. 3. 

 the margin of which is intended to represent the outer fence.) 





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The land, if retentive of moisture, should be formed into beds 

 22 ft. wide, by throwing out alleys 2 ft. wide between them, 

 which will give four rows to each bed ; the outer rows, on either 

 side, being 2 ft. from the alleys. The holes should be dug over 

 the entire piece immediately after harvest, about 2 ft in diameter, 

 and spade deep; well loosen the bottom of each, in order that 

 the soil may be thoroughly exposed to the sun and air for two or 

 three months, till the beginning of November. To perform 

 this operation with regularity, get a line, and tie a shred of 

 scarlet cloth, or a bit of yarn, on it, at intervals of 6 ft. When 

 the line is strained, dig round each shred, making that the centre 

 of every hole. When the holes are dug the length of the line, 

 measure off 6 ft. from the centre of the first and of the last 

 hole in the first row, at right angles with them; then insert the 

 stick exactly opposite the centre of the interval between the 

 two first holes, and strain the line, dig round the shreds as 

 before, which will bring every hole in the second row opposite 

 the intervals in the first row, as shown in Jig. 4. This is 



