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'As a general remark it may be said that the forest 

 cultivation here/ as is so often the case with plantings 

 of trees in this country, 'has also suffered and been 

 damaged by mischievous and evil-minded persons. Re- 

 peatedly trees have been broken and the bark fleeced off ; 

 sometimes even the trees have been torn up by the roots 

 and thrown on the field, consequently it was necessary to 

 put up warnings against violence and damaging the 

 forest plantings, and this has led to some improvement in 

 this respect. 



'In conclusion, I desire to state some results gained by 

 experience in the eight years' forest cultivation which has 

 been carried on at this place. The fir seed sowed has given 

 better results than pine seed, and this again better than 

 larch seed. 



'In sowing the different kinds of seed they must be 

 mixed with different kinds of common <l rudesod ;" and 

 in the mixing fir must be the predominating sort, as a 

 means of avoiding bare spots and obtaining more even 

 growth. 



' In plantings of pine, the plants, four years old, which 

 have been transplanted, give a better result than younger 

 ones, in ordinary hole plantings. 



' Larch seed ought to be sown as early in the spring as 

 possible on account of its early budding. 



' In planting the better sorts of foliaceous trees, such as 

 oak, elm, maple, beach, &c., it is under similar favourable 

 circumstances safer to choose hilly than low land, thus 

 avoiding damage by frost. Dunbeach (Betulaoderata) can, 

 however, without any risk, be planted in low-lying places 

 and in damp moist land.' 



With this report there was supplied to me a document 

 issued by the Budget Committee in 1872 entitulated Ved 

 Kommende Skovsagen, in one of which are described a 

 number of estates on forest lands about to be purchased 

 on behalf of Government ; and in another is given the staff 



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