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SECTION III. 

 NEAV METHOD OF HEARING OAK DESCRIBED. 



Having, in the former section, pointed out at 

 some length the defects of the common method of 

 rearing the oakj I now proceed to lay before my 

 readers a sketch of a system which I have myself in- 

 vented, and which, from experience, I venture to 

 recommend as is entirely free from the defects in 

 question. 



When land is to be planted with oaks, the first 

 care of the proprietor ought always to be to provide 

 shelter. To effect this, the ground must be well 

 filled with Scots firs or larches, or, what is still bet- 

 ter, with a proportion of both. The Scots firs ought 

 to be two, and the larches either one or two, years 

 old at the time of planting, which operation ought 

 to be performed on the notching system already de- 

 scribed ; this being both the cheapest and most ex- 

 peditious way of executing the work. The ground 

 is to be fenced, and receive whatever other previous 

 preparation it may require, according to the direc- 



