EXAMPLES OF COST, 119 



These few data will be sufficient to show how im- 

 possible it is to fix any price per acre for planting 

 operations. 



Let us first consider the cost of notch planting. 

 This is the cheapest method, and applies to moor or 

 heath land. For our purpose we will take 2,700 

 plants per acre, i.e., at 4 feet apart. 



1,200 pines at 75. 6d. per T, ooo ... ... o 9 o 



1,500 larch los. o 15 o 



Planting 090 



1 13 o 



N.B. If planted 3 feet apart the cost will, of course, 

 be greater. 



Let us now take a case of pit-planting (4 feet apart) 

 applicable to a mixed plantation : 



200 hardwood trees at 205. per 1000 ... o 4 o 

 1,500 larch 2os. ... i 10 o 



i, ooo pines, silver, and' 



spruce firs, &c. 153. ... o 15 o 



* Digging 2,700 holes, 

 planting and tread- 

 ing in 2s6d. 100 ... 376 



S 16 6 



The total amount therefore of $ i6s. 6d. may be 

 taken as the extreme. The price of pit-planting for 

 ordinary plantation purposes will range from 4 to 6 



* We have taken 2s. 6d. per 100 for digging, planting, and 

 treading in, but in many cases where the trees are small or not 

 heavily rooted, and when the soil is friable, two-thirds of this 

 sum may be sufficient. 



