28 FOREST PLANTING. 



EXAMPLE 3. 



EXPECTED PROFIT FROM A PLANTATION OF COTTONWOOD ON DISUSED 

 BUT SUFFICIENTLY STRONG LAND IN NORTH OR SOUTH JERSEY 



PER ACRE. 



INVESTMENT. 



Land $10 



Planting Cost 10 



$20 with compound interest at 5 



per cent, for 30 years.... =: $86.40 



Taxes i per cent, on land value=io cents paid annually for 10 years; 

 then i per cent, on $25 (average value land and forest)^=25 cents 



for 20 years; all with compound interest at 5 per cent = 11.60 



Protection 10 cents paid annually for 30 years with compound interest 



at 5 per cent = 6.64 



Total investment $104.64 



Sale Value after 30 years : 



25 M ft. lumber at $10 per M stumpage $250.00 



Land at original price 10.00 



Total $260.00 



Less cost 104.64 



Net profit $iS5-36 



This may be calculated, in the same way as the two former illustrations, as 

 equivalent to 8 per cent, compound interest on the original investment. 



STATE AID IN FORESTRY. 



To encourage the practice of forestry on private lands, the 

 Forest Commission offers the services of its foresters, so far as 

 their time will permit, to all who ask for them. The assistance 

 given includes the examination of woodlands and making recom- 

 mendations for their management. Where cutting is necessary, 

 a part of the trees to be felled will be marked to guide the 

 owner in the removal of the rest. Advice in regard to markets 

 will be given, but in no case will the forester have part or inter- 

 est in a sale. Those who wish to undertake forest planting will 



