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centaoe, sfrow a small amount. If land is to produce well in 

 the Ions: run, it must not be kept forever in a run-down and 

 played-out condition. 



So much for that side of the question. Let us |^on'^e[.va-^ 

 now look at the matter the other end to and see neatment. 

 how much might be made of this territory. At the rates 

 percent soon to be presented, we can tisrure the growth of Mr. 

 Newton's half acre for the next twenty years, see what is 

 ofrown in that time and ascertain the rate per cent which is 

 then characteristic. The results of the computation are given 

 in this little talkie, side by side with the present stand. The 

 spruce in twenty years time has nearly doubled in volume. 

 An annual arowth of 23 cubic feet per acre is seen to have 



Half Acre on Dennis after Cutting. 



been maintained, which for general purposes we may convert 

 into 02 board feet. At the end of the period the yearly growth 

 is 27 cubic feet or 108 feet in board measure. Thus, by 

 leaviui; more on the land, or after the accumulation due to 

 lapse of time, i\\G production is made to increase. According 

 to the extreme suppositions made, the yearly growth of our 

 sample area therefore varies between 28 and 108 feet. 

 These are fiirures which both relatively and in their absolute 



