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Scottish plantations, where the largest areas 

 of the finest coniferous timbers were felled 

 for purposes in connection with the war, 

 there is no reason why in dealing with similar 

 ground the same system should not be adopted. 

 But almost everywhere north of the Tweed 

 notch-planting on rough, exposed ground, 

 where it is imperative that comparatively 

 small plants should be used, is carried out, and 

 which mainly accounts for the smaller initial 

 outlay in Scottish plantations. 



In order to get myself thoroughly posted up 

 with the actual cost of forming plantations 

 on several of the largest estates in Scotland, 

 I approached amongst others the Woods 

 Manager on the Countess of Sea-field's estate 

 at Grantown, Strathspey, and found that no 

 less than 20,000 acres had been planted up 

 during a period of forty-seven years at the 

 modest figure of 2 per acre, including the cost 

 of fencing. He kept one plantation of 1,000 

 acres specially separate, and it cost exactly 

 30s. per acre for planting up 3,000 trees per 

 acre, and the cost of fencing was under 10s. 



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