178 THINNING. 



Brought forward, 

 Eighth thinning, at forty-five years old, 80 



trees, 4 2 



Deduct from the above the expenses of 



management and general maintenance, . £31 5 

 Deduct original expenses of planting, . 3 



Value of standing crop, at fifty years old, 108 trees, 

 at 6s., 



"In the neighbourhood of these plantations there 

 was land of a similar description to that on which the 

 trees were growing, and which was let as sheep-pasture 

 at 10 s. per acre. This, therefore, shows that the land 

 under pasture gave the proprietors £25 in fifty years; 

 while under a crop of larch and Scots pine it gave 

 £124, 7s. 2d. per acre in the same time, or a rental 

 of £2, 10s. per acre fully. 



" The following statement shows the value which may 

 be received from a mixed hardwood plantation in the 

 north of England at fifty years old, and is taken from 

 the thinnings which I have removed from various woods 

 upon five different estates. 



" The plantations consisted of a mixture of oak, ash, 

 elm, and sycamore. 



Rate per tree. 



s. d. £ s. d. 



First thinning, at ten years old, I have 



generally taken 600 trees per acre at . 1 2 10 



Second thinning, at fifteen years old, 500 



trees per acre, 2J 5 4 2 



Third thinning, at twenty years old, 450 

 trees per acre, 5 9 7 6 



Carry forward, . . £17 1 8 



