THE FORESTER. 



CHAPTER I. 



VALUE OF LAND UNDER A CROP OF WOOD. LAYING OUT OF GROUND 



FOR NEW PLANTATIONS. FENCING AND INCLOSING OF GROUND 



FOR YOUNG TREES. PREPARING OF GROUND FOR YOUNG TREES 



DRAINING OF GROUND FOR YOUNG TREES. LAYING OUT OF 



ROADS IN NEW PLANTATIONS. 



SECTION I. — VALUE OF LAND UNDER A CROP OF 

 WOOD. 



The value of land, as generally found under a crop 

 of wood, varies according to the nature of the land 

 planted, and, at the same time, according as the 

 locahty may or may not be conveniently situated as 

 regards a ready market for the sale of timber. A 

 plantation of trees, of whatever species it may be 

 composed, is always of more value to the grower 

 when in the neighbourhood of a thriving sea-port, 

 than the same plantation would be in a far inland 

 district. The reason of this is obvious ; for in the 

 neighbourhood of a ready market for timber, the 



