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as by the Schools. One of the best examples of this is near 

 Hamar, where Herr Kiaer of the Forest Service is devoting 

 1,500 acres to experimental work and the training of students. 



Planting by the State. — Although for many years the 

 buying of land by the State for planting purposes had been 

 advocated, it was not until 1873 that the experiment was made 

 with 20 acres of glacial land, costing iSs. per acre. The area 

 was gradually increased, until 2,500 acres had been obtained, 

 at a total cost of £4,600. 



The rise in price may be noticed from the fact that while in 

 1886 18s. per acre was paid for 150 acres, ten years later 

 275 acres of similar land cost over 30s. per acre. 



Up to igo6 a total of 8,000 acres, lying mostly on the West 

 Coast, had been purchased for planting purposes at a cost 

 of ^8,690. Included in this amount is the cost of 25 acres 

 of nursery land, at £60 per acre. The price for planting 

 land averages i8s. per acre. The estimated value of the 

 whole area now is ;^I3,240, showing an increase of ;^4,55o. 

 One area of 1,575 acres was purchased in 1904 for £1,110 (or 

 145. per acre), and planted. It was valued in 1907 at £1,950, 

 showing an increase in three years of ;^840 on the initial cost 

 of the land. 



Plant Nurseries. — In 1857 the State made their first grant 

 toward the encouragement of tree planting. Seed was bought 

 and sown, but the experiment hung fire, and not until five 

 years later was any extensive sowing tried, under the direc- 

 tion of a nurseryman who had seen the work carried on in 

 Jylland. Later, about 65,000 seedlings, both conifers and 

 deciduous trees, were imported from Denmark and temporary 

 nurseries were established. The deciduous trees did well 

 under the new conditions, but the conifers suffered in 

 transport. 



About the same time, the State made another grant toward 

 a planting scheme for the West Coast and the establishment 

 of nurseries in convenient places. In connection with this, 

 officers visited Denmark, North Germany, and Holland, and 

 were so favourably impressed that the work was continued 

 on an extensive scale, a nursery being established at 

 Stavanger. The growth of the latter is shown by the fact 



