48 FINANCE AND PLANTING METHODS 



tool described above, which is used to draw the re- 

 mainder of the soil from the hole. The plant is then 

 placed in the soil and the tool used to fill in the soil 

 on to the roots. 



As regards the above methods spade planting is 

 costly ; the semi-circular spade gives equally good re- 

 sults and is far less costly. Mattock planting is confined 

 to stony ground for which the spades are unserviceable. 



Relative Costs of Planting ' 



Cost per 1,000 plants for labour alone in the first planting. 

 Daily labour wage per day of 10 hours: For a man 35. 6d. 

 per day ; a boy is. 8'd. per day. 



Man. Boy. 



Notching . . .4s. od. + is. i id. = 5s. i id. 



Dibbling without previous preparation = 4s. 6d. 



Mattock planting . . 4s. 21^. -f 2S. o<2. = 6s. 2d. 



Pitting— 



With common spade . gs.6d. + 6s.od. =iss.6d. 



Semi-circular spade . . ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. 



Labour Required 



Notching . . .1 man or i man and i boy. 



Dibbling . . .1 man or i man and i boy. 



Mattock planting . . i man and i boy or 2 men. 



Spade planting . . .1 man and i boy or, less 



quickly, i man and the 

 plant-holder. 



Semi-circular spade . . 2 men and 3 planters work 



as a squad together. This 

 has been found the best 

 number for a squad at 

 Murthly. 



1 The figures here given are those in force in parts of Perthshire. 

 They are based on practical experience and were obtained for me 

 by Mr. J. M. Murray, B.Sc, Assistant in the Department of Forestry, 

 University of Edinburgh. 



