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measures uud contrivances will readily be found to mitigate and 

 remove the remaining obstacles that act as a bindiance in the 

 development of our resources for timber cultivation. 



With the comparatively early return of profits which the 

 cultivation of young timber would certainly produce, the com- 

 mercial spirit would be stimulated, and instead of the scientific 

 and {esthetic enthusiasm so long indulged in, a healthy, economic, 

 and practical forestry which looks carefully after profit and loss 

 would be fostered for the benefit of the individual, as well as 

 for the public interests. 



The adjustment of the railway rates grievance will also have a 

 powerful effect in inducing and encouraging the leasing of land 

 from proprietor's, for tree cultivation as a mercantile investment. 

 If carried out where direct personal interest is involved, the 

 consummation of advanced economic forestry would be rapidly 

 reached ; and the present prospects clearly indicate that it is by 

 this method of production that the full ultimate utilisation of our 

 immense timber resources will be attained. The scientific experi- 

 ments that have been made to the decided advantage of forestry, 

 and the knowledge gained therefrom, would then be practically 

 applied by the "forest farmer," dealing only with the commercial 

 or profit and loss aspect of the question. He must make his 

 forest farm pay, else ruin will quickly overtake him ; while the 

 owners of our woodlands, generally speaking, have not had this 

 force behind them, and consequently their methods of manage- 

 ment have not received the wholesome stimulus of mercantile 

 competition to spur them on to make a greater profit out of their 

 land. 



