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Valuation of the Woodlands 



Table oj" Multipliers. 

 ( Stamped on the fixed tangent arm, h.) 



Art. II. Valuation of the Woodlands upon the Estates of Drum- 

 mavohance and Ciddees, situated betiveen Auchterarder ayid Crieff, 

 Perthshire. By William Blackadder. 



General Remarks on Drummaivhance Estate. — The wood- 

 lands of this property extend to 41 Scotch acres, with tlie addi- 

 tion of numerous hedgerows, and some scattered timber in the 

 middle of the fields. The trees are chiefly from 40 to 50 years 

 of age, but a few are from 20 to 30, and very few of the oldest 

 exceed 50. The plantations consist principally of larch, with a 

 mixture of spruce and Scotch fir, and in a few cases some oak. 

 The belts around the mansion are chiefly beech, with a few other 

 varieties of hard wood; and the rows round the fields are generally 

 oak, beech, and elm. None of these trees, except a few of the 

 oldest hard-wood kinds, are of large size; but, as they are of 

 vigorous growth, they will in time become fine timber, particu- 

 larly the oak and beech, wherever the soil is of sufficient depth. 



The larch, spruce, and Scotch fir are generally on soils which 

 will not produce timber beyond the ordhiary sizes for roofing, 

 and other country purposes. Most of these being now arrived 

 at maturity, are ready to be cut down. In some cases, as on the 

 banls's of the Machany, where there is a sufficiency of oak, it 

 should be converted into coppice; and other places, wherever the 

 soil is suitable, should be replanted with oak for a similar purpose. 



The soil, in general, is more adapted for oak and beech than 

 any of the other varieties of hard wood : but beech is not a species 

 of timber worth planting to any considei'able extent. 



