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saleable in a shorter period. One or two gene- 

 rations must pass before an Oak should be felled ; 

 but the Ash becomes useful wood while its more 

 respected companion is but a sapling. Young 

 Ash-trees should therefore be more especially 

 guarded, because they are the most likely to suf- 

 fer, from their producing the greatest quantity of 

 lop in the shortest time. It is by no means an 



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uncommon thing to observe every Ash-tree re- 

 duced to stumps by successive poUardings. I am 

 not so silly as to enlarge upon the beauty of what 

 has been called ^^picturesque farming;" but when 



