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early productiveness of the plantations under their charge will be as
certain a result of good management, on educated and sound pri inci-
ples, as the early maturity of the improved breeds of sheep and oxen
and the anxiously-tended crops of the field and garden now are, in
accordance with the careful study and teachings of cultural science,
and the consequent vastly-improved practice of the farmer and

‘Qe ardener of the present time. Considering the utter neglect, in a
. public point of view, from which forestry has suffered so long in this”
‘country, compared with that of most continental nations, 1b is

encouraging to think that private enterprise, and a patriotic desire
amongst many of our best landowners, has done so much to improve
and atond our forests and woodlands, thereby ameliorating the
asperities of the country, affording a much-needed shelter to food
crops, adding largely to the supply of remunerative labour for the
working man, and greatly i moreasing the general productive economy
of the nation. .

Instances of successful and extensive planting are by no means a
varity among our enterprising landowners, and one particularly note-
worthy example, of quite recent date, is given on another page of our
present issue. What Mr. Mackay of Glengloy has so ably and suc-
ssfully accomp!
immensely to their amenity and market value, and it requires no
prophet to foretell the largely-increased income which the land so

judiciously planted will return to the owner at a comparatively early.

period. Considering the great extent of fencing, which adds about £1
per acre to the cost of planting (set down at £3 11s. per acre), we
must say that the operations of forming these plantations have been
carried out by Mr. Mackay in an exceedinyly efficient and economical
manner, the success of which appears to be already beyond a doubt.
such a spirited practical example, of which the facts are plainly
detailed, ought to give confidence to the hesitating owner of inferior
land, the value of which for agriculture or grazing is rapidly diminish-

ing, to begin at once a systematic course of planting, upon a scale

commensurate with the wants. and capacity of his property. rom a
monetary point of view, the investment is thoroughly safe, and the

profits good and sure. Such a thing as failure need scarcely be
anticipated, as sound judgment and good management are certain to

command success.

Turoven the courtesy of Professor Sargent, of Brooklyn, Massa-
chusetts, we have received a preliminary catalogue of the forest Lrees
of North America. The flora of North America is unusually rich in.

lished. on_ his rugged Highland estates, must. add

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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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