Shelter For Sheep
Sir,—Visitors to England will probably be familiar with the sturdy beech hedges that are such an attractive feature of Dartmoor lanes and fields. Admittedly, they have not grown in a day" and are the result of generations of careful “cutting and laying” so that the intertwined branches and massed foliage, vivid green in summer and warm russet in winter, afford the maximum protection. Besides, periodical thinning out affords a plentiful supply of excellent fuel, for beech can be burnt “green” better than most wood fuels. Imported trees seem to thrive in this country and often grow more rapidly than in their native habitat; so might not the beech, whether as a hedge or as single trees, with their enormous spread of branches, provide here and there a useful form of shelter?—Yours, etc., ILAM. December 9, 1958.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28765, 10 December 1958, Page 11
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