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Valuation of the Woodla7ids 



Table of Multipliers. 

 (Stamped on the fixed tangent arm, b.) 



Quarter 

 Girt. 



Solid Feet for One 

 Foot in Length. 



Multipliers. 



Quarter 

 Girt. 



Solid Feet for One 

 Foot in Length. 



Multipliers. 



Quarter 

 Girt. 



Solid Feet for One 

 Foot in Length. 



Multipliers. 



Inches. 



1 



Ft. and dec. parts. 

 •007 



Inches. 

 17 



Ft. and dec. parts. 



2^007 



Inches. 

 33 



Ft. and dec. parts. 

 7-563 



2 



•028 



18 



2^250 



34 



8-028 



3 



•063 



19 



2^507 



35 



8-507 



4 



•111 



20 



2^776 



36 



9000 



5 



•174 



21 



3^063 



37 



9-507 



6 



•230 



22 



3-599 



38 



10-024 



7 



•340 



23 



3^673 



39 



10-563 



8 



•444 



24 



4^000 



40 



11-111 



9 



•563 



25 



4-340 



41 



11^673 



10 



•694 



26 



4-694 



42 



12-250 



11 



•840 



27 



5-063 



43 



12-840 



12 



hOOO 



28 



5^443 



44 



13-444 



13 



M74 



29 



5^840 



45 



14-063 



14 



\-SQ\ 



30 



6^250 



46 



14-694 



15 



r563 



31 



6-673 



47 



15-340 



16 



1^777 



32 



7.108 



48 



16*000 



Art. II. Valuation of the Woodlands upon the Estates of Drum- 

 matvhance and Culdees, situated between Auchter-arder and Crieff", 

 Perthshire. By William Blackadder, 



General Remarks on Drummaixhance Estate. — The wood- 

 lands of this property extend to 41 Scotch acres, with the addi- 

 tion of numerous hedgerows, and some scattered timber in the 

 middle of the fields. The trees are chiefly from 40 to 50 years 

 of age, but a few are from 20 to 30, and very few of the oldest 

 exceed 50. The plantations consist principally of larch, with a 

 mixture of spruce and Scotch fir, and in a few cases some oak. 

 The belts around the mansion are chiefly beech, with a few other 

 varieties of hard wood; and the rows round the fields are generally 

 oak, beech, and elm. None of these trees, except a few of the 

 oldest hard-wood kinds, are of large size; but, as they are of 

 vigorous growth, they will in time become fine timber, particu- 

 larly the oak and beech, wherever the soil is of sufficient depth. 



The larch, spruce, and Scotch fir are generally on soils which 

 will not produce timber beyond the ordinary sizes for roofing, 

 and other country purposes. Most of these being now arrived 

 at maturity, are ready to be cut down. In some cases, as on the 

 banks of the Machany, -where there is a sufficiency of oak, it 

 should be converted into coppice; and other places, wherever the 

 soil is suitable, should be replanted with oak for a similar purpose. 



The soil, in general, is more adapted for oak and beech than 

 any of the other varieties of hard wood : but beech is not a species 

 of timber worth planting to any considerable extent. 



