REPORT ON THE FORESTRY EXHIBITION. 22$ 



The arrangements for the Exhibition were made by the 

 following committee: — Messrs R. Allan {Convener), A. Spiers, 

 Dr Borthwick, J. Broom, A. Finlayson, J. Scrimgeour, 

 J. W. M'Hattie, W. Leven, D. Keir, J. H. Milne Home, and 

 A. B. Robertson. The Judges were : — Messrs John M'Gregor, 

 Alexander Finlayson, and A. B. Robertson. 



29. Report of Estate Nurseries and Plantations 

 Competitions, 1922. 



The total number of entries for the above competitions this 

 year was thirty-two, which may be taken as a sign that private 

 forestry is in a healthy condition in the Dumfries area of the 

 Highland and Agricultural Society's show, for the number is 

 above the average of recent years. 



Four nurseries were entered, one in Class I. and three in 

 Class II. ; the first class being for nurseries not exceeding two 

 acres, and the second class for those exceeding two acres. No 

 award was made in the class for nurseries under two acres — 

 the only entry not being considered of sufficient merit to justify 

 this. 



In Class II. the prize was awarded to the Duke of Buccleuch 

 for his Nettyholm Nursery at Langholm, which was of out- 

 standing merit. The ground was well utilised for nursery 

 purposes, carrying a stock of nearly a million seedlings and 

 transplants in addition to many thousands of seedlings of this 

 year's growth. No space was needlessly taken up with purely 

 ornamental trees or shrubs, and the sections not carrying trees 

 were under green crop in order to get the land well cleaned 

 and worked. The spacing of the transplants was good and 

 the formation of the beds and sowing of the seeds had been 

 skilfully done. It was apparent that the main object had 

 been the rearing of the maximum number of healthy forest 

 trees of the species best adapted for the district. 



The plantations are grouped into seven classes. The first 

 three classes are for plantations mainly of conifers, of three 



