Jilmerton. 



( ONIFERS. 



3 acres. 



I I- 



If clay and sand. 



he-^. 



NURSERY AND PLANTATION COMPETITION. 



Balgowan. 



97 



Ballathie. 



all ; 27s. per 



ill; 6s. 8d. per 



Tien 2 weeks); 

 Qer acre. 



icots pine and 



(3 to I). Re- 



ler — beech, 



ash and oak, 



twice. 



squares; 4000 

 e. 



Conifers. 



2 acres. 



I. 



Light and stony, grow- 

 ing heather chiefly. 

 About 220 feet. 



About 20 inches. 



Chiefly south. 



Sheltered from north 



by old wood. 

 Occasionally ploughed. 



About los. per acre. 



1891 or 1892. 



About ;/,7, los. 



None. 



About /6. 



Removal of dead 



branches. 

 None. 



Menzies Spruce and 



COLORADO Douglas. 



About 5 acres. 



II. 



Mossy. 



About 600 feet. 



25 inches. 



South. 



Fair. 



Under cultivation. 



Say £> I per acre. 



1898. 



Part of a large tract of 

 land assigned to 

 planting. 



I main ditch on south 

 side. 



4 men for 12 days. 



None. 

 None. 



Baith. 



Conifers. 



72 acres. 



II. 



Shallow peaty soil 

 on hard sandy clay. 

 250 to 300 feet. 



About 29 inches. 



North. 



Rough pasture. 

 25s. per acre. 

 1806. 



About two-thirds Half Colorado Dou 



odattacked by 

 Larch in 1908 

 iect. Disease 

 ppearing. 



spruce and Scots 

 pine, and the other 

 third larch. 



I A years. 



Simply slit in at 4 feet 

 apart or thereabout. 



None. 



Slight damage done 

 by rabbits. 



las, half Menzies 

 spruce. iVobilis used 

 in filling up in a wet 

 place. 

 7 years. 



All pitted. 



Some insect damage 

 on nohilis only. 



None. 



los. per acre. 

 £a, I OS. 



2S. 



None. 



Scots pine and spruce, 

 with a belt of hard- 

 woods mixed with 

 spruce and Scots 

 pine. 



2 years. 



Notched ; 6500 ; 2\ 

 to 3 feet apart. 



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