92 FOKESTS, WOODS, AND TKEES 



of the sheep ; and the closing of the farmsteads would 

 remove an objectionable source of pollution. Some portions 

 of the Marchnant area, recently purchased, would also be 

 included in the planting area. There are six farmsteads on 

 the Marchnant area, three of which have been strongly 

 condemned by the Medical Officer of Health in consequence 

 of the pollutions caused by their proximity to important 

 streams. 



Mr. Parry, in the paper quoted above, states : " If it 

 had not been for the war, the total area planted under the 

 Government scheme would have been 1000 acres, represent- 

 ing about 2,250,000 trees. The occurrence of the war, 

 with the resulting shortage of labour and cost of fencing 

 materials, has, however, made it impossible to carry out the 

 full intention of the agreement, and, with the concurrence 

 of the Board of Agriculture, the number of acres actually 

 planted has been little more than one-half the area marked 

 on the plan. During the years 1897—1913, the Corpora- 

 tion planted altogether 2,500,000 trees on 884 acres. 

 The number of trees planted to date (October 1918) under 

 the partnership agreement with Government is 1,101,891, 

 and the number of acres 499, thus making a grand total of 

 3,600,000 trees and 1383 acres." 



The writer visited Lake Vyrnwy in September 1918, 

 and was much impressed by the flourishing state of the 

 plantations, which have been under the care of the head 

 forester, Mr. J. Carsley, for the last twenty-five years. 

 Some mature timber was felled during the war ; and the 

 following table, based on diagrams supplied by Mr. E. L. 

 Eobinson of the Board of Agriculture, shows the comparative 

 growth of the various species in two of the older woods. 



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