88 PRACTICAL FORESTRY. 



land agents, but on the subject of realisation they are 

 undoubtedly the very best judges. By long and 

 varied practice they can, and do, measure and value 

 with the greatest accuracy, and if their general know- 

 ledge of forestry equalled their knowledge in this 

 respect, our woods and plantations would not now 

 be in the languishing state they are. This very skill 

 has been attained by constant realisation, the result 

 of which, as we have already stated, is so apparent. 

 Let landowners realise that to continue this depletion 

 without replenishment will lead to a timber famine, 

 and set to work with a will to plant their waste and 

 unoccupied land for the benefit of themselves and 

 those who follow them. 



