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" By some the preceding estimate will be thought too high, by 

 many too low. The Reporter admits that the value to which a 

 young plantation will arrive cannot be predicated with certainty. 

 There is an infinite variety of causes that may supervene to 

 atfect it — soil, seasons, state of markets, &c. He can point to 

 a plantation, chiefly of Larches, on the Estate of Finzean, on 

 Deeside, about fifty years of age, already w^orth about L.80 

 per acre ; and, in other parts of the country, to plantations of 

 almost equal age, not worth much more than L.5 per acre. 

 But in any view, if the expense of planting be not above an 

 average, and if the soil be not wholly unsuited for it, it is a 

 good investment. The returns by way of shelter, amelioration 

 of climate, increase of pasture-grass, and ready wood for 

 smaller country purposes, if not for extensive sales, afford an 

 ample remuneration for the original cost." 



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