. Impressions of European forestry : letters written during a six months' visit to England and to the continent . Forests and forestry. Many of the large estate owners have in this way turned over certain of their forest lands to the Forestry Commission, reserving, how- ever, specified rights as to hunting and fishing. It is the policy of the commission not to ac- quire land that cannot produce at least 40 to 50 cubic feet per acre per annum, of which the poorer classes of Scots pine land serve as an example. On land well adapted for the growth of Douglas fir as much as 160 cubic feet per acre
. Impressions of European forestry : letters written during a six months' visit to England and to the continent . Forests and forestry. Many of the large estate owners have in this way turned over certain of their forest lands to the Forestry Commission, reserving, how- ever, specified rights as to hunting and fishing. It is the policy of the commission not to ac- quire land that cannot produce at least 40 to 50 cubic feet per acre per annum, of which the poorer classes of Scots pine land serve as an example. On land well adapted for the growth of Douglas fir as much as 160 cubic feet per acre per annum can be grown, and provided a market exists for pit props, such an area will pay back the cost of planting in the first 25 years. It is figured that after a few decades the newly planted forests will become self sup- porting through thinnings, systematically made, at definite intervals. One other class of forest should here be mentioned, that belonging to municipal and. A BIT OP ROMAN ROAD, "WATIjING STREET," LONDON TO CHESTER, IN THE FOREST OF DEAN. MR. BECK AND SON corporate bodies. Perhaps the most striking example is the holding of the corporation of Liverpool, at Vyrnwy, Montgomeryshire, Wales. It comprises an area of 351/2 square miles and includes the catchment basin and reservoir that gives the city of Liverpool its water supply. By means of a high dam a charming lake has been created in a valley among the hills. On every side, up to the summit of the ridge, for- est is being planted under a co-operative plan between the corporation and the Forestry Com- mission. It will take 20 years to complete the planting, when the forest will cover 7% square miles above and around the lake. Surely here is an example that many American cities might well copy. ^ ,^ . .. „. The distinctive thing about Vyrnwy is that the corporation was not content merely to se- cure the land necessary for its reservoir, with (15) a narrow belt around its shores, but acquired the
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