The Annual register : or, A view of the history, politics, and literature for the year .. . acre plantedevery year, after the expirationof 18 or 20, to cut annually 100/.a year from only 20 acres, whichlet, would yield but 8 /. a beneficial a conduft. It fhould here be obferved, thatthe larch is valued the fame asthe Scotch fir ; but the beft autho-rities tell us, the timber is one ofthe moft ufeful known; probably,therefore, the value of it wouldturn out greater than the fuppofi-tion in thefe experiments. Experiment, No. 16. Sixteen Scotch firs and two pi-,nafters raifed from feed, f
The Annual register : or, A view of the history, politics, and literature for the year .. . acre plantedevery year, after the expirationof 18 or 20, to cut annually 100/.a year from only 20 acres, whichlet, would yield but 8 /. a beneficial a conduft. It fhould here be obferved, thatthe larch is valued the fame asthe Scotch fir ; but the beft autho-rities tell us, the timber is one ofthe moft ufeful known; probably,therefore, the value of it wouldturn out greater than the fuppofi-tion in thefe experiments. Experiment, No. 16. Sixteen Scotch firs and two pi-,nafters raifed from feed, fown be-tween Michaelmas 1732, and LadyDay 1733, were meafured June7, 1768. The meafure is exclu-five of the bark, for which 6 feetper load was allowed: the barkbeing very thick they were valuedat gd. a foot. They being full offap. The 306 feet come to 11 /. d. The trees Hand in a rowat unequal diftances ; but are onan average at 15 I. Scotch fir2. Ditto, Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. pitto. 3-4- 5-6. 8. 9-10. II. \2. 13-14. J3. Carried over 113 ANNUAL REGISTER Brought over,?5. Ditto. 16. Ditto. 17. Pineafterl^. Ditto
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