Of Propagating Fruit-trees. 
which ought to be done at a good diftance 
from the T runk 5 it being a vulgar errour to 
dig or foil near the Tree only, the former 
being of little effefr, the latter injuring the 
Bark 5 for the Roots that gather nourilh- 
ment, and feed the Tree, are thofe that are 
fibrous and remote, feeking new and frelli 
nourilhment, the greater being onely for 
conveyance of it to the Trunk. 
Swine which are pernitious to all Gar¬ 
dens, yet are profitable in an Orchard, 
Therefore after your Trees have gained 
ftrength enough to bear the rubbing of 
tkefe Cattel, you may keep your Swine in 
your Orchard all the Winter feafon un¬ 
ring’d, by which means your Orchard'will 
not only be throughly digg’d, but enrich¬ 
ed by the excrements of thole diggers : in 
the Spring you may level it over again, 
which will exceedingly conduce to the fer¬ 
tility of your Plantation. 
Thus Swine, which never were account¬ 
ed ufeful whilft alive, may now become the 
befi: improvers of your Orchards: repine 
not at the lols of your Grafs, that will not 
be fo much prejudiced as your Fruit melio¬ 
rated- 
' : ! SECT. 
