AFFORESTING AND THE UNEMPLOYED 



afforestation, will all be greatly in demand 

 after the war, when foreign supplies will not 

 be forthcoming. 



Eegarding the most desirable centres to 

 commence planting operations, I would suggest 

 those counties where not only the greatest 

 areas of waste lands exist, but where advan- 

 tages are offered, especially in the matter of 

 cheap land and demand for and easy removal 

 of the produce. Thus we have: 



England : Yorkshire and Northumberland, with 1,010,924 



acres. 



Scotland : Inverness and Argy leshire, with 3,08 7, 3 1 2 acres. 

 Wales: Breconshire and Merionethshire, with 416,320 



acres. 

 Ireland : Donegal and Kerry, with 657,337 acres. 



(Exclusive of 172,436 acres of bog-land.) 



From these figures it will be seen that were 

 such necessary we could get all the ground 

 required for this afforesting scheme in one 

 county of England and Scotland and three 

 of Wales and Ireland. 



The cost of procuring suitable land for 

 afforesting purposes need be no drawback to 

 the scheme, and from extensive enquiries 



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