innt Melville. 

 Scots Pixe. 



54 acres. 

 I. 



ier clay. 



bet, 

 cbes. 



and east. 



)er acre, 

 (autumn). 



5. to date. 



:d ; 3000 trees 

 icre. 



NURSERY AND PLANTATION COMPETITION. 

 PARTICULARS OF PLANTATIONS. 



95 



I Balliliesk. 



Larch and Scots 



Pine. 



6 '34 acres. 



L 



Light and open. 



650 to 750 feet. 

 About 40 inches. 

 South-east. 

 None. 



Grazing; hill sheep. 



About 7s. 6d. per acre. 



1901-02. 



£,1, 1 6s. 



None. 

 £22, 155. 



Balliliesk. 



Larch and Scots 



Pine. 



7 "99 acres. 



I. 



Light and open. 



750 to 850 feet. 

 About 40 inches. 

 South-east. 

 None. 



Grazing; hill sheep. 



5s. per acre. 



1902-03. 



;^8, 9s. 



£■2, 4S. 



J^20, 19s. 



Balliliesk. 



Larch and Scots 



Pine. 



775 acres. 



I. 



Light and open. 



750 to 850 feet. 

 About 40 inches. 

 South-east. 

 None. 



Grazing ; hill sheep. 



5s. per acre. 



1903-04. 



£l, 8s. 



£2, 2S. 

 £21, IIS. 



Dense^«^s^nrnrr.'if ■'" ^°'' ^/"^' ^"^ """^ ^'^ '^ approximate. Great ex- 



fenTl!?/??" '^"'■'"'' V" ^^"Pl^SO to 300 feet wide, and the cost of 

 fencing-a 7- wire iron fence -has accordingly been high. The fencing 

 is also netted to try to protect them from rabbits. ^ 



Hardwoods 14 feet apart. Larch and Scots pine equally, 3i feet 

 apart. A few spruce, in damp place. ^ ),35reet 



Tj , , . I -year i-vear. 



Hardwoods, puted. Conifers, notch'ed. About 3500 plants per acre. 



None. 



^'Satti^e^pTntin?' °''^"^^^^ " ^°"^^ ^^ ''^^ ^^'^ P'^ ^^ ^ or 3 



Suffered a good deal 

 from black game 

 one season. 



