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“example plots,’ Mr Mahler goes on to show how, under the 
Denbighshire Scheme, corporate control by the county council 
and scientific management under Mr Fraser Story, the lecturer 
on forestry at Bangor, will be obtained in the working of their 
forestry station, which will at the same time serve the purpose of 
a demonstration area to the forestry students at the North Wales 
University College and other teaching centres. 
The plot of land selected for the experimental station is 
situated at Pontfadog, near Chirk. It lies between the goo and 
1200 feet contours, and it has an aspect extending from north to 
south-east. According to Mr Fraser Story’s report, extracts 
from which are given by Mr Mahler, the soil and situation are 
“typical of a great deal of land in Wales which ought to be 
afforested,” the area is well placed as regards roads, and there is 
probably a considerable demand for pit-wood in the district. 
As regards the nature of the experiments which might be 
made, Mr Story mentions the following :— 
1. The planting of indigenous and exotic species in such a 
way as to test their comparative suitability for the ground, 
and their rate of increment and timber value; and the 
comparative advantages of pure and mixed plantations, 
and of even and uneven aged woods. 
2. The various methods of planting, such as “slit” or “notch” 
planting, “vertical notch” planting, “ pitting” with the 
spade and mattock, and so forth. 
3. The various ages at which seedlings and transplants should 
be planted out, and the best planting distances, taking 
cost into account. 
4. The investigation of different kinds of sylvicultural treat- 
ment of timber crops, including various systems of 
thinning and underplanting, and the comparison of dense 
and “open” woods, etc. 
The Denbighshire and University College authorities are to be 
congratulated on the acquisition of this important adjunct to the 
equipment of the lecturer on forestry, and it is hoped that this 
laudable effort in the furtherance of the teaching of the subject 
will be promptly followed in other parts of the country. 
ADI: 
