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the effects of wet feet It frequently happens 

 that when the timber is removed from these 

 hills that a great many spouty places, or wet 

 weather springs as they are commonly called, 

 make their appearance. If they are not taken 

 care of by means of some sort, the trees will 

 not only suffer, but landslides often occur, car- 

 rying the trees with them, and they sometimes 

 get things, such as fruit trees, stumps, boulders, 

 etc., very badly mixed. While a line of tile 

 could have been laid which would have carried 

 off the surplus water, and prevented its gather- 

 ing in some low places and soaking down to the 

 sub-soil, or to a ledge of rock, and thereby caus- 

 ing a slip. Such cases, while not common, 

 sometimes occur; and the damage is very great 

 A site that is naturally rolling, with a sub- 

 soil which is open enough to admit of a free 

 passage of water, is the site that would be pref- 

 erable, as the trees will root more deeply, live 

 longer, and consequently be more profitable, 

 than on hard-pan soils. As has already been 

 said, plants and especially trees, do not reach 

 Aeif highest degree of perfection in wet soiL 

 Also we find tibat some varieties suffer more 

 severely in Ais r^pect than others, for instance, 

 Ae Grimes Golden seems to suffer from €i€ 

 trouble called (for want of a better eame) 



