REPORT OF MR. A. MAG KAY. 



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Two new plantations, of four and three acres each in extent, were put out with 

 maples, the past spring. The trees were planted 4 feet apart in the rows and 7 feet 

 between the rows. This was done to permit of two-horse cultivation, either by single or 

 gang ploughs. Heretofore the usual distance apart has been 5 feet each way. For 



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three years after planting this distance is satisfactory but when the branches extend, 

 usually about the fourth year, cultivating cannot be thoroughly done ; so the 7 feet by 4 

 feet has been adopted for the present with a view of finding out which is the best 

 distance apart for forest-trees, with the idea of economy in cost of working. Parti- 

 culars of the cost of planting and cultivation of these new plantations will be kept. 

 The accompanying view represents part of a five acre plot planted four years ago. 



