354 PLANTATIONS OF ASH IRttS- 



therefore, are good estates for parents to give their female 

 children, as the wood will always find its value from the 

 buyers, when ready for falling, without any trouble or ex- 

 pense to the owner. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



DAVID DAY, 



statements and Mr. Day next proceeds to a detailed account of the ex- 



profits. 



Method of 

 r^iising ash 

 trees. 



penses and receipts on various plantations, of the profits 



from which the following is a summary. 



2 acres in 30 years produced a clear profit of 



H 



- 



20 



7 





10 



6i 





22 



i 





24 



5 





23 



1 





24 



2 





10 



2 





25 



1 





28 



11 





19 



6 





23 



135 1 



254 1 



121 16 



88 14 



108 

 27 



501 

 19 

 23 

 59 

 73 

 56 

 56 



18 11 

 8 1 

 8 9 

 6 9 



These 6 acres were planted with ash and chesnut; and 

 the 11 acres mentioned in the preceding line were in the 

 hands of a farmer as a tenant, whose cattle, being per- 

 mitted to graze among the plants, did them much damage. 



The following is Mr. Day's method of raising ash trees, 

 given in his own words. 



Methods of raising Ash Trees. 



Choice of seed. I carefully procure, from good straight well-proportioned 

 ash trees, the ash keys, as they are commonly called, or 

 pods containing the seed, betwixt Christmas and the middle 



Keeping it. of February. Having, as soon as the ash keys are collected, 

 prepared a hole in the ground, about three or four feet 

 deep, I lay a bed of sand, a few inches deep, at the bot- 

 tom of the )^if>\e ; upon that I place a layer of ash keys, 



about 



