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CHAPTER III. 



THE AFFORESTATION OF SURPLUS LAND, AND NOTES 

 ON THE TREATMENT OF SOME TYPES OF BRITISH 

 WOODLANDS. 



TDK treatment of for< i. depends on the objects which it 

 i propo :-.('! to realise. It rests with the proprietor, in so 

 I') 1. 1- as lu's choice is not limited hy the l;iws of the country, to 

 determine in each ca e whal these objects shall be, and then 



it becomes the ilntyof I he, forester to see that they are realised 

 lo the fullest extent und in the most economic manner. This 

 fundamental principle should never he lost si^dit of. Ill these 

 i hind,-; nea.rly UK; whole of the existing woodland- helong to 

 private proprietors. They de. ire,, in the majority of cases, to 

 have the woods so managed that they lend themselves either 

 to landscape he;ml.y, or the rearing of Bailie, or the produc- 

 tion of a particular Kind of produce required in the manage- 

 ment of estates. In such cases cDiiomic. working is heset hy 

 con; iderable difficulties. And yet, even under such conditions, 

 the ohjeds of the propriet.ors may he realised, and the woods 

 he made lo yield, if not a full, at any rate a fair return, while 

 the proprietor must put- down any deficiency in the income 

 against his pleasure, or against shooting rents, or the benefits 

 derived hy the rest of the estate. 



Where I In; manager is not hampered in tin's way, and 

 where economic forestry is aimed at, as it would generally he 

 in the case of extended afforestation of mountain, heath and 

 other waste huuls, the question of finance would he of the first 

 importance. The forester must- decide what and how to 

 plant, and how lo treat his woods, so as to realise the highest 

 possihle net returns. The answers to these and other ques- 

 tions practically require a treatise on sylviculture and forest 



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