PLANTING ESTIMATES 133 



(6) Pure Oak. Planted in pits 3 by 3 feet apart ; I year 

 2 year plants used ; on stiff grass land : 



Digging 4840 pits, at 1 8s. per 1000 . . * . ^471 

 Planting, at 95. per 1000 . . . ' . . 236 

 4900 Oak, at i8s. per 1000 f . . . , 483 



Planting only .- . 10 18 10 



Fencing . ; . . . ._ . ^i 10 o 



Cutting-out, etc. . . . .150 



2 15 o 



Total cost per acre (say) . ^13 14 o 



(7) Pure Oak. Same as (6), only 4 feet apart : 



Digging 2700 pits, at i8s. per 1000 . . .^286 

 Planting, at 95. per 1000 . . . . . 143 

 2750 trees, at i8s. per looo . . . . 296 



Planting only . .^623 



Fencing ^i 10 o 



Cutting-out, etc. . . . .1150 



3 5 o 



Total cost per acre > 9 7 3 



(8) Pure Oak. Same as (6) (i.e. 3 by 3 feet apart, with 

 I year 2 year plants), only on perfectly clean land from 

 which a crop of timber has just been removed, and the trees 

 planted with a planting spike : 



Planting 4840 trees, at 8s. per looo . - . . ^i 18 9 

 4900 plants, at i8s. per 1000 . . > . / . 4 8 3 



Planting only . . 670 



Fencing *- ... . . .^i 10 o 



Cutting-out, etc ..... ; .0150 



- 2 5 



Total cost per acre . ^8 12 o 



