PLANTING ESTIMATES 133 



(6) Pure Oak. Planted in pits 3 by 3 feet apart ; i year 

 2 year plants used ; on stiff grass land : 



Digging 4840 pits, at i8s. per 1000 . . 4 7 r 



Planting, at 95. per 1000 236 



4900 Oak, at i8s. per 1000 . . . . 483 



Planting only . . 10 18 10 



Fencing ji 10 c 



Cutting-out, etc. . . . .150 



2 15 o 



Total cost per acre (say) . ^13 14 o 



(7) Pure Oak. Same as (6), only 4 feet apart : 



Total cost per acre -^973 



(8) Pure Oak. Same as (6) (i.e. 3 by 3 feet apart, with 

 I year 2 year plants), only on perfectly clean land from 

 which a crop of timber has just been removed, and the trees 

 planted with a planting spike : 



Planting 4840 trees, at 8s. per 1000 . . . ^i 18 9 

 4900 plants, at i8s. per 1000 . . . . 483 



Planting only . '67 



Fencing 

 Cutting-out, etc 



Total cost per acre . ^8 12 o 



