NOTES AND QUERIES. II3 



programme of the work to be done may be seen in the 

 Secretary's office. A detailed programme giving the work 

 assigned to each day, including y<V(?^, receptions and excursions, 

 will be issued later. 



A Comparison Between the Yields from Afforestation 

 AND Pasture Lands. ^ 



In this paper an account is given of the yield and financial 

 returns of the Cantonal forest of Mont Chaubert. Part of this 

 forest had originally formed the ancient park, and part had been 

 pasture land. The forest consists almost entirely of silver fir 

 and was planted about 1830. It was originally planted to 

 afford shelter, and is favourably situated as regards fertility of 

 soil and elevation. 



A comparison between the financial results of the afforestation 

 and the return from neighbouring properties, still under pasture, 

 is of considerable interest. 



Forest. Pasture. 



Value per acre . . . £12'] 9 o £^2 17 o 



Income (gross) per acre . 3 4 3 o 12 10 



(net) „ . 2 17 10 o II 3 



In order to avoid exaggeration the highest possible value 

 was placed on the pasture ; rentals being taken which are 

 sometimes paid in the district, but which are occasionally too 

 high to leave any profit to the lessee. 



The above results show that in spite of early errors of 

 management, such as too dense planting, insufficient thinning, 

 and delay in starting thinning, the change from pasturage to 

 forest has been highly successful. 



The cost of the afforestation, including the capitalised value 

 of the annual expenditure, works out at 760 francs per hectare 

 (;^i2, 4s. per acre). The return on this is slightly over 6 per 

 cent., and the author is of opinion that if the early mistakes in 

 planting and management had been avoided, the return would 

 have been 7 or even 8 per cent. 



The author is firmly of the opinion that no species but silver 

 fir would have given such good results in the afforestation of 

 pasture land. Alexander Lauder. 



' J. J. de Luze. " Comparaisoiientre le rendementduReboisementetceluide 

 Paturages. " Aufforsttttigdes Slaates Waadt am Mont Chaubert ; Sch-weizerische 

 Zeitschriftfilr Forstwesen : 62_/. «. 7-8 ; 205 Bern 1911. 



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