CHAPTER VI 



TREES TO PLANT 



FROM a purely commercial point of view, 

 which must be the case in all large afforesting 

 schemes, the best trees to plant are such as 

 will produce the largest amount of the most 

 valuable timber in the shortest space of time. 

 We must not, however, entirely depend on 

 such trees as have been found most valuable 

 for war purposes, but study the industries and 

 wants of our country, and plant accordingly. 

 During the past four years the main call has 

 been for Scotch pine, ash, and elm, these being 

 urgently needed to keep pace with the re- 

 quirements of the War Office and Air Board, 

 the felling of which has denuded about one- 

 third of our available timber supplies. Hard- 

 woods, with the exception of ash, which will 

 be extremely scarce for many years, have not 

 suffered to the same extent as coniferous 



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