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soils a wider choice of species, a higher quality of timber, 

 and a greater yield enable greater nett profits to be ob- 

 tained, but at present prices very few soils and situations 

 exist which can produce sufficient timber to yield a nett 

 profit of more than 10s. per acre per annum, after deduct- 

 ing 3 per cent, on the total capital outlay. 



TABLE IV 

 Some British and Irish Yields per Acre 



^ Calculated from measurements on | of acre (Author 

 2 4 



^ Group of oaks measured by Sir H. Beevor in Kyre Park. 

 ^ Calculated from measurements on | of acre (Author). 



