GROUND UNDER PLANTATIONS. 89 



influenced by the form in which the ground is laid 

 out : however, in calculating the probable expenses 

 necessary to be incurred in the laying out of plan- 

 tations per acre, I shall give two examples, as 

 under : — 



For home ground with hard wood, inclosed by stone wall five 

 feet high, with mortared cope. 



To medium expenses of fencing, per acre, 



with stone wall, 76 yards at Is. . . L.3 16 

 To 100 roods of open drains, at Ikl. per 



rood, . . . . . 12 6 



To 500 pits for hard wood, at Is. 6d. per 



100, 



To 500 hard-wood trees, at 20s. per 1000, 



To 3500 firs, at 6s. per 1000, 



To five days of a man planting an acre, at 



For moor ground, with firs only, inclosed by turf dyke, and 

 paling on top. 



To mecUiun expenses of fencing per acre, 

 with turf dyke and paling, 76 yards at 4d. 

 To 100 roods of drains, at l^d. . 

 To 4000 firs, at 5s. per 1000, 

 To four days of a man planting, at 2s. 



The first example contains the highest cost per 

 acre that ever I found necessary for planting of 

 hard-wood plantations, — and the second contains 

 the lowest that ever I could get the work done 



