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now so unfavourable he could get no apples, and 

 were it not for the grazing for his cattle underneath 

 the trees, he should have no return, which was now 

 become a very poor one. I asked him why he did 

 not manure the trees. In reply, he observed, that they 

 have all that the cattle make among them ; he did not 

 mow, or carry anything away from them. The se- 

 cond is a small orchard about one acre in extent, the 

 owner of which manures about his trees every season ; 

 here, however, there is no digging done. The trees 

 are healthy, they grow and make wood, and produce 

 large thick and dark-green leaves and strong buds ; 

 they are not so thickly covered with moss and lichen, 

 and rarely fail to bring forth a heavy crop of good 

 fruit. This person's cider is much sought after, being 

 good, and of course of more value. He makes a larger 

 quantity of cider than the person mentioned above 

 with his 12 acres. The last is a small orchard held 

 by another individual, who keeps no other cattle besides 

 pigs, which are allowed to rove at freedom about the 

 orchard, and as the rings are taken out of their snouts 

 in autumn, when the ground is nicely softened by the 

 rains, and the worms are working near the surface, 

 those worthy animals rout and turn up the surface 

 in a tolerably regular way. From the digging and 

 manuring by the pigs, and from what the holder can 

 muster, this is the best bearing, healthy, orchard in 

 the district. It produces the best cider and the least 



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