14 PLANTING. 



Cultivating the Furrows. 



One man, at 2s. 6d. per day 026 



Two horses, at 3s. 6d. each per day. . . . . 070 



Wear and tear, 020 



Six acres cultivated a-day, .... 

 Equal, per acre, . . . , . 



Planting the whole of the Trees. 



Labour only men and boys, . , ' * .. . 35 17 6 



Taking up trees and couching them on land, . 2 10 10 



Carriage from nursery to plantation, . . . 300 



Seventy acres planted, . . . 41 8 4 



Equal, per acre, . . . .. . 11 10 



Cost of Trees. 



123,700 larch, at 13s. 6d. per 1000, 88 10 



33,500 .. 11s. Od. 18 8 6 



17, 450 Scots firs, at 9s. Od. 7 17 



7,900 .. 7s. Od. ., 2 15 4 



2,000 pines, at 15s. Od. .. 1 10 



Total, 184,550 Seventy acres planted, .119 010 



Equal, per acre . .' \ . .1140 



Cost per Acre. 



First ploughing, . . . 3 3^ 



Subsoiling, . . . . 10 o! = Labour only, 



Cultivating, . . . . 0111 J 1, 7s. per acre. 



Labour in planting, &c., . . 11 10 J 



Cost of trees, . . . . 1 14 



Total cost per acre, . .310 



" The advantages derived from the use of this sys- 

 tem are First, That the pan is thereby thoroughly 

 destroyed over the whole surface to be planted. 

 Second, That the trees are then planted with less 



