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this fact should be kept in mind by those who are inclined to 

 lay undue stress on the deferred returns from afforestation. No 

 doubt the succeeding generations will derive most benefit from 

 afforestation operations carried out now, but by scientific and 

 systematic management returns can be got from forests within a 

 more limited space of time than is generally supposed. Two 

 of the men at present engaged in felling trees at Kerry were 

 employed at the planting of those same trees. And similar 

 cases are not lacking in other parts of the country, where within 

 the memory of individuals a forest crop has been planted, 

 grown, and reaped. 



Friday, the 25th, was the concluding day of the excursion. 

 A journey by bus of 29 miles was made via Chirk and 

 Whititington to Llangollen. The interval before lunch was spent 

 in visiting some of the places of interest in the neighbourhood. 



After lunch, Mr Buchanan expressed the thanks of the Society 

 to Mr Young, Divisional Forest Officer, for his valuable help 

 throughout the excursion. Thereafter Mr Young was, on behalf 

 of the excursion party, presented by Mrs Strathern with a piece 

 of plate, suitably engraved, as a memento of the occasion. Mr 

 Young in his reply said he had done no more than his duty as 

 a member of the Society. 



Four lady members were present throughout the excursion, 

 and Mr George D. Forbes, who proposed the health of the ladies, 

 remarked that this was the first occasion on which ladies had 

 accompanied the annual tour, and referred to the presence on 

 the previous day (at Kerry, where she is engaged in statistical 

 work) of Miss Sutherland, B.Sc, the first lady to take the degree 

 in forestry. 



In the afternoon the party proceeded by bus to Berwyn 

 station, where they were met by Captain Best of Plas Vivod. 

 During a walk through Glen Berwyn some very fine spruce and 

 larch about 45 years old were seen. After a visit to the saw- 

 mill, which is driven by electric power, the party divided. 

 Those who stayed behind were shown the admirably arranged 

 and equipped farm buildings, where some valuable short-horn 

 and Jersey cattle were seen. The other section of the party 

 were conducted to the higher ground by Mr Young and 'Mr 

 Alfred Price, supervising officer in charge of the operations, 

 now nearing completion, of the Timber Supply Department. 

 In the dingle under the Wilderness, at an elevation of about 



