Jgg METHCD OF VALUING GROWING TIMBER, 



rr?>,ftt »f thirl' When 2d years old, and at the end of every fourth yem 



S&,'^'*'^^^ following, up to 1 20, the trees to be cut out of an acre will 

 measure from 4<}5 to 550 feet ; but say 500, at 45, a foot, 

 oil an average, including the value of the bark; this gives 

 100/.; which sum, divided by 4, leaves 23/. for the pro- 

 duce per acre per annum. This deserves the consideration 

 of those who are inclined to convert young woods into 

 coppices, without leaving a reasonable number of stand- 

 urds,^ 



It may however be said, that, as the trees cut out in thin- 

 »ing f)lantations are the bad thrivers and underlings, their 

 contents will be less than the average; but, if we take their 

 ^ value at one half the above estimate, that is, after the rate 



of t2l. lOs. per acre per annum at 38 years of age and up-- 

 wards, even this produce must be thought ample, together 

 with the value of the trees left §tanding.^ 



Tiiyte^oaks, Table VI was constructed chiefly with a view to oaTcs» 

 their annual increase in circumference varying from | of au 

 inch to I.| inch, the medium of which is 1 inch. 



TM'f'i for ftist Tuble VII and VIU vvere calculated for ash,, elm, syca.. 



jgrowWiij trees, more, firs, poplars, aad other woods of swift growth, their 

 increase in civcumfereuce being generally from l| to 2 inches 

 annualiy. If ash trees be found to increase after the rates 

 of Table VII, or VIII, they ii\ust be exce^^dingly profitable,^ 

 at the iiigh prices naw given for that timber. Many other 

 observations might be iiiade on Tables VII and VIII, but 

 these will readily occur to persons interested in quick gro.\v-» 

 iug treesi, 



I)'.^i?jiw>es.ja An acre of trees, increasing after the rate of Table VIj. 



*beitA,i(>.ets- produces in 64 years little more than half the number of 

 feet, tliat another acre produces, which increases ufter thft 

 yatc pf Table VII; and little more than one third of ano- 

 ther, increasing after the rate of Table VlIT, in the same 

 time.. 



A'^'Pi't*?® of In planting with a view to profit, the first object is a long, 



«^*<:4ii,'l*AUiJg, straigh't, qnd clear stem. This is most certainly and speedily 

 obtained by thick planting ut tirst, and not thinning too 

 soon. A kind of competition among the trees is thereby 

 -Oiccasioaed, each struggling, as it were, to outgrow its neigh-* 



<,nu 



, in scorch of light, heatj air, and moisture. 



Tbis. 



