THE SEAFIELD HERITAGE.
♦ — From other English papers we find that the Home news was wrong in stating that the new lord of Seafield had been cut off with £4OO a-year. The amount is £4OOO. The encumbrances on the estate amount to nearly £BOO,OOO, but the Strathspey woods will, in the course of a few years, enormously increase the income. It was estimated recently that in 30 years they will realise £50,000 a-year, not
merely for one year, but regularly year t after year. There are a hundred square v ' miles under timber in the district, on the estates of Lady Seafield and tho Duke of Richmond, principally the former. The grandfather of the late Earl commenced planting about 1820, and since 1855 the work has been done in a thoroughly systematic manner. In two plantings near Carr Bridge there are thirty-five million trees on 25,000 acres. The trees are principally larches, spruce, and firs; but 105 varieties are grown on the estates; and there are large nurseries near Abernethy. Over 200 people are employed in the forests, which are well worth a visit from any one interested in the subject.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2517, 15 July 1884, Page 3
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190THE SEAFIELD HERITAGE. Kumara Times, Issue 2517, 15 July 1884, Page 3
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