SUMMARY OF RESULTS 263 



CONCLUSION. 



A study of all that has been dealt with in this chapter 

 leads to the conclusion, that, unless there be a substantial 

 rise in the price of timber, there is little inducement to plant 

 maiden land with Oak, Beech, the Pines, Norway Spruce, or 

 Silver Fir. In fact, if the land were to be had rent free, the 

 planting of such crops would, on the average, only pay 3 per 

 cent, to 3j per cent, interest on the cost of planting and 

 establishing the young crops. 



On the other hand, it may be stated that the cultivation 

 of Douglas Fir, Black Poplars, Ash, Larch, and Spanisli 

 Chestnut will often pay well ; returning, not only 3 J to 4 

 per cent, interest on the cost of planting, but, also, the 

 equivalent of a handsome yearly rental for the land occupied 

 by them. 



Furthermore, it is practically always advisable and profit- 

 able to replant land from which a crop has just been removed, 

 for, the land must be considered as practically valueless, 

 except for the purpose of tree growth. And greater profits 

 may be anticipated usually from such land, for, if it has been 

 properly managed, the expenses of replanting should be 

 much less than the expenses of planting a crop on maiden 

 land. 



Wherever natural regeneration, or the planting of seedlings 

 can be adopted, it will generally be possible to pay, even in 

 the case of Oak, Beech, the Pines, Norway Spruce, or Silver 

 Fir, not only 3 per cent, or 3^ per cent, interest on the cost 

 of establishing the crop, but, also, the equivalent of a small 

 yearly rental for the land as well. 



And again, certain crops, when used for underplanting, 

 may often pay, although, when grown by themselves, a 

 direct loss will usually be experienced. 



And lastly, standards of Oak, Larch, and Ash, grown 

 over coppice, will generally yield as good results as pure 

 crops of such trees when grown as close-canopied high 

 forest. Especially is this the case with the two latter species. 



