THE BILTMORE FOREST FAIR 



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Tin Nn Ifl ^^'^ plantation consists, practically, of 

 I l|J llU. lU White Pines only; they were planted, at 

 the rate of 4,000 per acre, in the Spring of 

 1900, on a strip of fairly good farmland covering 22 acres. The 

 White Pines were two years old and the Yellow Pines, as many as 

 there are, were one year old. The seedlings were planted two 

 and a half feet apart, in rows four and a half feet apart. 



The expense was : 



For plants $332.00 



For planting 180.79 



$512.79 



In the planting expense are included two items spent ( — that 

 is my present opinion — ) unnecessarily, to-wit: 



I have spent $51.16 putting a few handfuls of forest soil 

 into each planting. hole; .. 



I have spent" $17.00 putting a. stOne over "each hole when 

 the act df glinting. Was finished. . 1 ..... . 



I shall give you the whys on the.^pt. . 

 w-JRight here,, we shall have a little. sawmill,, in .30 years or 

 so; and we shall get rich quick, then. Arid the scene will look 

 like this picture: 



