FORMATION OF PLANTATIONS 



expense in the making. According to the 

 size of the woodland, so should the roads be 

 arranged, and, as before stated, considerable 

 saving is effected by laying out the roads and 

 leaving them unplanted. Usually they are 

 30 feet wide, and only require to have the 

 surface levelled and a ditch cut along each 

 side, this latter assisting materially in keeping 

 the surface firm and dry. For various reasons, 

 steep roads should be avoided by following in 

 quickly sloping woodlands the general lie of 

 the ground. 



Pitting and Planting. Having dealt with 

 the various preliminaries connected with the 

 formation of a plantation, the actual work of 

 preparing the ground and inserting the plants 

 will now be considered. Two methods of 

 planting are usually adopted pitting and 

 notching, each having its warm supporters, 

 and largely dependent on the site of the 

 plantation and quality of soil. 



The advantages of pitting over any other 

 method of planting cannot, however, be 

 questioned, and this is particularly the case 



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