THE PRACTICE OF FORESTRY 



CONCERNING ALSO 



THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF AFFORESTATION 



CHAPTER I. 



AN INTRODUCTION 



CONCERNING THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF 

 WOODLAND AREAS AND OF THE AFFORESTATION OF 

 LAND. 



WITHIN recent years the study of Forestry in this country 

 has received no little attention. Many landowners have 

 displayed a lively interest in the welfare of their woodlands ; 

 and not a few politicians and other public men have 

 seriously considered the possibility and advisability of 

 adopting, on behalf of the public, certain schemes of afforesta- 

 tion on a large scale. 



The economic importance of woodlands, and the desira- 

 bility of the adoption of works of afforestation in this country, 

 may be considered under three main headings, namely : 



(1) The Effects of Woodland Areas upon Local Climatic 



Conditions, and upon the Locality. 



(2) The Effects upon the Labour Market. 



(3) The Financial Returns which Afforestation is likely 



to Yield. 



THE EFFECTS UPON CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, AND 

 UPON THE LOCALITY. 



As regards the Temperature of the Air and Soil. The 



existence of large areas of woodland has an appreciable 

 effect upon the temperature of the atmosphere within such 



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