214 TRANSACTIONS OF KOYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



When once the woods have been brought into normal condition, 

 their average annual outturn should be : — 



The nearer the copsewoods are brought towards a normal con- 

 dition — that is to say, after the preliminary rotation of ten years 

 (1899-1900 to 1908-1909), and after the first regular rotation of 

 twenty years (1909-1910 to 1928-1929)— the better should their 

 financial outturn also be. It therefoi-e seems safe to say, and it 

 is all that can safely be said, that if the provisions recommended 

 in this Working Plan be regularly followed, they will result in 

 better material and monetary returns in forest produce, will 

 enhance the capital represented by soil plus growing stock, and, 

 by providing greater density throughout the coppice underwoods 

 and the plantations, will increase and maintain the productivity 

 of the soil. 



Control Books. — As it is desirable that extra clerical work 

 should be avoided in the estate office, the existing records of 

 timber, etc., cut and disposed of, should be maintained as nearly 

 as possible in the manner hitherto customary. The only modi- 

 fication, therefore, proposed, is the alteration of the outturn 

 statement in the following form : — 



