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FORESTRY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 



Returns of One Acre of Beech Wood — continued. 



Thinning at the age of Shillings. 



90 years = 460 cubic feet at lid. = 422 



Ditto, 100 „ = 560 „ „ Is. = 560 



Ditto, 110 ,, = 600 „ „ Is. = 600 



Final Yield, 120 „ = 4,000 „ „ Is. = 4,000 



Returns of One Acre of Oak Wood. 



Thinning at the age of 



40 years = 60 cubic feet at 



Shillings. 



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These data must be considered as moderate in amount. 

 More especially the early thinnings are likely to yield more 

 than has been estimated. However, the object is to keep 

 on the safe side and to introduce into the amount the 

 minima of returns which may be expected from average 

 land. 



We must next deal with the expenses. They are the cost of 

 planting, looking after the plantations, rates and taxes, etc. 

 These items must be estimated on the supposition that a 

 considerable area is planted, say 1,000 acres. Guided by 

 many years' experience, the author found that the plant- 

 ing of mountain and heath land, including the cost 

 of the plants, can on an average be done at the following 

 rates : 



■t .V. (1. 



Planting an acre with spruce for . 3 10 



„ ,, „ „ Scotch pine „ .400 



