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COMPLETE YIELD TABLES FOR BRITISH WOODLANDS 



varying from 750 to 1250 feet above sea-level in Wales 

 and parts of England, and from 700 to 1150 feet in 

 Scotland, average returns should be obtained from the 

 growth of Larch, Scots Pine, and Norway Spruce 

 which will be equal to an average of the returns shown 

 for these crops when one-half of such land is equal to 



Quality III. and the other half is equal to Quality IV. 

 Of course, there are considerable areas at altitudes 

 between 750 and 1050 feet, especially in Wales, where 

 the soil and situation are of Quality II., or even better, 

 but the extent of such areas is relatively very small. 

 These returns are shown in the following table : 



AVERAGE RETURNS PER ACRE FROM CONIFEROUS CROPS ON MOUNTAIN LAND. 



* The average annual outgoings have been estimated at 8. 2d per acre (Si. 4d. on Quality III. soil anil 8s. on Quality IV. soil). 



t Vide antea, pp. 10 and 11, and The Practice o/ Forestry, pp. 2S4-2S8. 



J This equals a capital loss of nearly 4 per acre at the end of the rotation. 



