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In discussing the subject, whether or not it is judicious and profitable 
for a adotne: to plant ae forest trees the inferior portions of his 
estate, meaning thereby waste land and all such parts as return a 
rental below a certain sum per acre—varying according to different 
views and opinions from a merely nominal value to a rate of twenty 
shillings or more per acre—-much has been said in our own pages 
and those of our contemporaries upon many points of deep interest 
to landowners who intend to begin planting, with a view to obtaining 
within a reasonable time a fair return for their outlay, and a perma- 
nent increase in the annual value of their property. That both these 
desirable objects can be successfully accomplished by systematic and 
judicious planting upon almost every landed estate in this country, is 
a matter which no one who thoroughly understands the subject will 
for a moment attempt to dispute. Still there are many who, through 
lack of knowledge, or the want of a good practical example to excite 
their attention and prompt them to follow, are hesitating about 
whether they ought to plant their less valuable land, or accept the 
inevitable reduction in the rents paid for such land by agricultural, 
grazing, or even sporting tenants, in these times of severe commercial 
and agricultural depression. Plantations, when formed with judgment 
and skill, have proved in every instance to be highly beneficial to the 
district in which they are situated, and where they have been managed 
by careful and experienced men they have never failed to be remu- 
nerative in a high degree to their fortunate owners. With the 
knowledge ek we at present possess of the science and practice of 
forestry, quick and profitable returns are frequently obtained where 
the plantations are carefully managed and their produce disposed of 
or utilized to the best advantage. Vader a special and well-regulated 
system of education and training for our foresters, so as to duly 
qualify them in every branch of the science and art of forestry, the 
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