O AFFORESTATION IX SCOII.AND. 



(^) It contains 60,000 a.cre.s. oi imviediafely plantable ground, 

 without mcluding land more tlian 8 miles from the 

 main glen.^ 



(i) It presents both East coast and West coast conditions of 

 population, climate and soil. 



{d) It is a particularly suitable area for the creation of small 

 holdings, owing to the low elevation of the main 

 glen, and to the considerable extent of the arable 

 land on some of the sheep farms. 



(<f) It contains tracts of natural woodland and of planted 

 woods, and it therefore gives an opportunity of check- 

 ing by actual results th.e calculation of crops obtain- 

 able. 



(/) I: contains sheep farms, agricultural farms, crofts, 

 common grazings, deer forests and grouse moors, 

 and therefore gives an opportunity of dealing with 

 all the possible economic difficulties which can arise. 



{g) The Caledonian Canal makes it possible to bring to a 

 central depot the forest products of the whole area, 

 thus showing the advantages that would be gained 

 by undertaking forest operations on a large scale, 

 with the accompanying concentration of manufactures 

 and subsidiary industries. 



(//) The proprietors are friendly to forestry, themselves 

 plant on a considerable scale, and have helped this 

 inquiry in every way in their power. 



The amount of land in Glen xMor indicated by the General 

 Survey as being at {present plantable is 60,300 acres (see Map 

 No. i). This figure has been arrived at by taking an upper limit 

 of 800 feet- above sea-level, except in certain sheltered hollows 

 where the upper limit is higher ; and by deducting from the total 

 area below these limits all arable land, crofts, and common 

 grazings, as well as any small patches suitable for the creation 

 of new holdings, and ground which is inca[)able of growing a 



' In calculating the planlahle area, only thai lias been incliukd on which 

 the configuration of the ground and the existing woods indicate satisfactory 

 silvicultural conditions. As the afforestation of a glen proceeds, however, 

 the Woodlands will gradually creep higher and higher up the hills, and the 

 planlahle area will, in consequence, become extended. 



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