SOIL AJJD 1 

 SITTATIOJJ j 



QUALITY II. 



BEECH 



[Continued. 



* This sum represents the average nett income per acre which will be earned upon the average 



! 'ited capital when once the forest is in proper working rotation, i.e., when it is normally stocked 



with crops of all ages from one year old up to maturity. The cost of replanting is estimated at 5 per 



acre, ma it is assumed that the land is allowed to lie fallow for one 



2-0 



Diagrams 



showing 



proportion of 



Thinnings to 



Final Crop. 



On a 

 GO-year 



rotation. 



IN VOLUME. 

 (To -3 inches diameter.) 



IN VALUE. 



On a 

 12O-year 



rotation. 



The most profitable rotation 



(according to the yields and prices indicated) 

 Is one of 6O to 65 years, if interest is reckoned at 3i per cent 



60 



4 per cent. 



ne year. 



Prices of Timber (standing). 



t These prices are equivalent to the following scale of prices : 



Timber 12 in. q.g. and over at Is. per cub. ft. 



,, 6 in. q.g. and under 12 in. at 8d. per cub. ft. 

 ,, below 6 in. q.g. at 3d. per cub. ft. 



