EXPERIMENTAL FORESTRY AREA IN WALES. 



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The cost of planting, most of which, as already stated, was 

 done by the method known as "holing" or pitting, comes to 

 22s. lod. per 1000 plants. In considering this figure, it must 

 be borne in mind that experimental plots necessarily cost more 

 to plant than an ordinary forest area. 



It will be seen from the following table how many plants of 

 each species have been planted, and the percentage of deaths 

 in each case. The total casualty amounts to only 5 per cent, 

 on the 116,000 trees planted. Of course, all the gaps which 

 occurred have been carefully filled again, so that the plots are 

 now completely stocked. 



