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snd the persons engaged in putting in the yourfg 1 
suckers, follow on with a delve, and as the peg 
is removed, a hole is made about eighteen inches 
deep, into which the plant is inserted, and 
the earth piled gently about It, leaving 
from six to eight inches exposed above the 
surface of the earth. Formerly it was custo¬ 
mary to raise nurseries from the seed, whence 
a regular supply of young plants could be ob¬ 
tained in the laving out of the new fields—but 
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these have fallen into disuse, from the quanti¬ 
ty of young trees which are to be found grow¬ 
ing wild on thrown up lands or plantations, 
the growth of berries which are taken from cul- 
tivated fields by the birds and rats. The quan¬ 
tity of fruit which is annually lost to properties 
by sundry causes, such as careless reaping, birds, 
rats, &,c. torci of themselves nurseries under the 
trees, and these furnish plants—but on all well- 
managed properties, these latter nurseries should 
be eradicated, as they tend much to impoverish 
the soil, fend to rob the tree of that aliment 
which is essentially necessary to its preservation 
and longevity,, 
The suckers are drawn, trimmed of their roots, 
and cut about two feet long. Good stout stumps 
are generally prefered, as they vegetate with 
greater strength. Plantations were formerly es¬ 
tablished from the seed in the first instance— 
but I have not known within the last fifteen 
years, snch a course to have been pursued. 
It was customary to plant corn, peas, and 
provisions through all young fields, till the trees 
were about three years old, but the great al¬ 
teration which has taken place in plantation 
teccmam-y since the emancipation, has been feueh 
