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GROWING GOLD. 



contrast, immediately adjoining, were several 

 wretchedly managed pine plantations. 



UNDER OR BRUSH WOOD. 



It appears by a provincial newspaper 

 that a noble Earl has sold some underwood 

 of twelve years' growth at sixteen pounds 

 per acre ; but it does not pay for growing 

 even at this price, as the land on which it 

 grew would have let for more than twenty-five 

 shillings per acre, per annum; the interest 

 and compound interest of which, clear of all 

 deductions, make the. amount, at the end of 

 twelve years, considerably more than the sum 

 obtained for the underwood. 



But taking another view of the case, most 

 probably the underwood which obtained this 

 high price consisted principally of ash poles. 

 There can be no doubt of their being more 

 useful than hazel rods and white thorn 

 bushes ; therefore, why not grow the former ? 

 The practice of making gate hurdles for 



