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to 5^ miles; including the digging of the holes, the force 

 employed per deciatine (2.7 acres) was: for laborers with 

 horses 0.35 to 0.40; for laborers without horses from 3.5 

 to 3.6, and for women from 2.5 to 2.9. 



2. The planting of pine, same soil as above, in furrows 

 ploughed out 42 inches apart, digging up the young trees 

 and transporting them over a distance of from J^ to 2 

 miles; digging holes with spades in furrows and planting 

 the trees, the force expended per deciatine (2.7 acres) 

 was: for laborers with horses 0.65 to 0.90 and for com- 

 mon laborers without horses 2.9 to 5.9 and women from 

 8.6 to 15.2. 



3. Planting i to 2 year old oak trees at the rate of 

 1200 per deciatine (2.7 acres) in firm soil (black clay), one 

 or two trees in each hole dug out by spade, each hole be- 

 ing 6 vershoks (10}^ inches) deep, the force expended 

 was: men with horses from o. 12, men without horses from 

 1.3 to 4.5 and women from 12.5 to 13.8. 



4. The planting of i to 2 year old oak, 400 to the de- 

 ciatine (2.7 acres), cost force per deciatine: laborers with 

 horses 2.9, without horses 8.8 to 12.0 and women 5.8 

 to 6.2. 



The planting of trees in the black soil steppes of South- 

 ern Russia, at the rate of 10,800 trees from i to 3 years 

 old per deciatine (2.7 acres), requires about i man with a 

 horse, 10 men without horses and 12 women. 



With regard to the cost of the above named work, it 

 varies greatly according to the price of labor in the dif- 

 ferent localities. In the province of Voronege the cost of 

 labor is from 50 to 75 cents per day for a man with a 

 horse; 20 cents for men without horses and from 15 to 20 

 cents for women. 



Question 10. Annual amount of damage by forest 

 fires? Means taken for preventing and extinguishment 

 of forest fires? 



