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of the salmon nets a quarter of an inch, be- 
cause that space will make but little differ- 
ence in the size of a salmon ; it will hardly 
determine whether it shall be cauo-ht of 
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twelve or of thirteen pound weight, or such 
like proportion, 
'We agree with Mr. Brooke, that our soil 
is not generally applied to its right use, and 
that it does not often occur that gentlemen 
of landed property understand practical 
husbandry , — but they think they do. 
We are sorry the poplar and larch Iiave so 
much offended Mr. Brooke ; either of them 
* will pay for a horse before an oak will pay 
for a saddle.' These are both fast growers, 
and very useful woods in repairing and im- 
proving estates, and we ought to cultivate 
them. From very recent experiments made 
by the Duke of Bedford at Woburn, it is 
proved that the bark of the poplar stands 
next in rank, and nearly in value, to tliat of 
the oak. In a due application of all the soils 
to their right use, we have no doubt that 
