 FURZE 
le o 
the Came: ; while the Englith fu 
towards the end of the fpring, and ‘finifhes its bloffoming at 
the fame time as the other, 
has been ftated by Mr. Young, that. Dr. Taylor, in 
Surrey, has a poor field of fix acres, worth about feven thil- 
Fings an acre, which is fown with furze, and by that means 
converted to one of the moft profitable on the far 
res t 
thoufand on the fpot, 6d.; cutting and 
binding, one fuilling and one the hundred, or 5/. 155. 6c. 
se return ie 10s. Suppofe tithes, rates and fences to 
Ual G0 2 sx, in all 12s., or for three acres 1/. 16s., 
this further ee deducted from be eal ek a net 
profit of 16/. 1455 5 or per acre 5/, It per acre 
per annum 2/. > wh a 18, nis writer fappots, a 
greater net profi ae fet mau receives fro t, upon 
fuch forts of lan Tew further een en that 
ape easier than di- 
February, 
frofts-are over, and t 
being injured by them. 
It is sei unfrequently neceflary, in bringing wafte lands 
or kinds into the fla te of cultivation, to extirpate 
eb 
or the beginning of Mar ve 
ere is no danger of the furze ane 
ally m ry appearance, 
give = - Ge fubfequent ploughings and harrowings. 
FURZE ines thofe portions or {pots of Saag that. 
are deftined for, or covered with furze. There are many 
extenfive ae cf land which are a re aed with this 
The author of the Rural eats wee or 
fhire ftates it as the opinion of a perfon of gre experience, 
that old furze grounds, from which fuel has ime repeatedly. 
carried, an welch are aie ia ara may in general 
ay improved i Firft let the furze be 
up $ then on ber tees on the grubbed furface, 
; and let the land remain in this ftate 
ing it 
of cab Crops ; “toling it ith cultivated ae Should the 
oublefom ae the Brocels 
of paring and ae mult be repented as e. 
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ch furze grounds as are intended to be cut over: for 
cattle food, muft be di 
direéted in ane of furze. 
Forze-mi//, in 
See Fur 
mill, ¢ or machine, con- 
ftructed for 
to its being. employed in the feeding of horfes, and 
ot animals. Several diferent contrwantes have been had 
er 
recourfe to at different times in this view; but we believe: 
that formed by a large ftone, on the principle : the cyder - 
mill, is t!.e moft effectual in performing the wo 
A mill for this purpofe may likewife be feen es ‘the Board 
in the manner that has been - 
Rural Economy 
the purpofe of crahing © or bruifing furze, in’ 
of oo 
which is faid to anfwer well in performing 
the rat 
arge circular ftone fet on its e edge (the weightier 
and i.geer the bette ter), with a wooden axis pafling throu ugh 
its centre. One end of this axis is upon a pivot 
placed i in the ee of acircular area, and to the other end 
of it is fixed a yoke, to which the horfe that i 
is attached. 
cular groo 
or ee trough, (this trough fhould be made of | ae tone 
setae) in the fame manner as a fug ar-baker’s, 
mi 
e 
operation a continue 
Gti 
It follows alfo, that, as rain can n € prejudicial to this 
Operation, it may be placed in the ¢ pat alr with Prey 
and ones ntage. 
er 
pee se After he has become nein at the bufinefs, 
he will be able to inftrut an inferior perfon, who may then 
e employed for the purpofe. But in whatever way it fhall 
be conducted, the perfon who begins this manufaCture muft 
ay his account with performing very little work for fome 
time at the firft, in comparifon ‘of what he will be able af- 
sialolag to execute with eafe, and in a more perfe&. 
mann 
advert to feveral particulars in the natura oO 
fingular plant. Inftead of leaves, the whin is furnifhed 
with an aaa quantity of pric 
out from every par the young fte 
like the ftem itfelf . een: ‘they z adhere, fucculent, foft, and 
inoffenfive ; but, hi 
e 
ranches which prod efe prickles do not, the 
writer obferves, like ‘the leaves of moft deciduous trees, fall 
off 
