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silo is that it can be removed, and hence it is suited for erection 

 by the tenant farmer. 



Among the materials which can be made into ensilage with 

 success, bracken is mentioned. It is said to contain a large 

 amount of albumen. The bracken should be cut while it is 

 young and juicy and before the curl has gone out of the leaf. 

 It is stated that when bracken silage is well made, stock eat it 

 readily and thrive upon it. 



Early Transplantation of Exotic Conifers as a 

 Protection against Frost Damage. 



When planting some of the exotic conifers, such as the 

 Douglas, Sitka, Albertiana, and Thuja, there is always a danger 

 that the leaders may get damaged by spring frosts, and various 

 expedients have been tried to overcome this. I have noticed 

 that plants that have been moved in the nursery the year before 

 planting out have not been so much affected by the spring frosts 

 as those that have been left in the nursery lines for two years. 

 This is probably because the plants that have been moved have 

 made more fibrous roots and not so much height-growth, while 

 those that have not been moved have made longer but less 

 fibrous roots, which are more likely to be damaged in trans- 

 planting, and longer leaders, which are soft and more liable to be 

 damaged by frost. I would, therefore, recommend that all the 

 exotics, especially the Douglas, should be transplanted in the 

 nursery the year before being planted out, especially in places 

 where there is a danger of spring frosts. 



W. Steuart Fothringham of Murthlv. 



Increase in Prices of Imported Timber, 19x3-1917. 



The English Forestry Association have issued a leaflet on 

 the increase in price of imported timber between 1913 and 

 191 7. The figures, which are here given by the kind 

 permission of the Association, cannot fail to be an effective 

 argument for encouraging forestry and the production of 

 home-grown timber. In this connection it is interesting to note 

 that, though, low as was the price of home-grown timber before 

 the war, the price has not risen in anything like proportion to 

 that of imported timber. 



