PLANTING FOREST TREES. 
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300 trees of twenty-three solid feet each, costs only five pounds, whilst 
an acre of land which will produce the same quantity of wood in 30 
years, will cost six times as much, (that is, thirty pounds) then as¬ 
suming the wood in each case to sell for one shilling per foot, the ac¬ 
count at the end of sixty years, will stand thus, as to the five pound 
land :—300 trees of twenty-three solid feet each, will amount to 6900 
feet, which sold at one shilling per foot, amounts to £345, deduct 
£5. at compound Interest in sixty years, (excluding fractions) £93, 
making £252. the clear produce of the £5. land in sixty years ! 
Then as to the £30. land, it appears that the same produce may be 
obtained twice in the same time ; the wood being totally cut down 
at the end of the first thirty years, and then planted again; the first 
produce of £345. being then placed out at Compound Interest, it 
will amount in the second thirty years, that is, at the end of sixty 
years to £1459 to which is to be added, the second £345. making 
£1840, deduct £30. at Compound Interest for sixty years; £560. 
the produce of the £30. land, will be £1280; produce of £5. land, 
£252, difference in favour of the £30. land £1028 ! ! It is hoped, 
the above remarks mav tend to rouse into action that indolence, 
which is the bane of country improvements. Annual pruning of 
trees, is the next essential to thinning, and the ruinous effect of a 
neglect of this operation, or the improper mode in which it has been 
executed, may be observed in all large plantations, as well as in 
hedge-row timber. On this account, it ought to be a favourite ob¬ 
ject, with the apparent inheritors of estates, to turn their attention to 
the planting, pruning, thinning, and other necessary improvements. 
The benefit of planting, must accrue either to the planter or his 
heirs, and where he has or is likely to have a numerous family, there 
is no means by which its younger branches can be so easily provided 
for. If it be profitable to plant new woods, it is certainly much more 
so to protect those that are already planted, and to restore them from 
a state of decay. A connective chain of arrangements is necessary, 
in order to render planting prosperous and effective. If any one 
link of this golden chain be taken away, the connexion and power of 
all must be interrupted. The most ingenious and enlightened men, 
who apply their powers and influence only to some parts of this sys¬ 
tem neglecting others, must ultimately fail of success. 
CORONELA. 
