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desolation, and, due to the strong contrast, serve as impressive object- 

 lessons. 



While the above reasons apparently justify the planting of remote 

 sites at the present time, they, however, cover only one phase of a 

 good business, viz: economic production. To market a crop advan- 

 tageously is just as essential to the welfare of a good business as to 

 produce it economically. ^Market conditions, distance to market, and 

 transportation facilities may make the profitable disix)sal of products 

 derived from remote areas difficuk, or even impossible, while similar 

 products procured froni areas nearer to points of consumption or 

 manufacture may be marketed at a fair profit. 



Thinnings, which are necessary for the rational development of 

 any stand, may be deferred beyond the proper silvicultural time, or 

 even omitted, because the yield therefrom would not pay the expense 

 of the operation. The low net income from felling operations — both 

 intermediate and final — is often directly attributable to heavy trans- 

 portation charges, particularly, in case of remote operations. The 

 liartigs,^ in writing concerning the selection of regeneration areas, 

 enumerate ten determining factors which should always be carefully 

 considered, one of which states explicitly that the annual regeneration 

 areas must be so located, and wihen necessary so distributed, that the 

 wood derived therefrom can be transported as easily and cheaply as 

 possibly. It follows, then, as a rule, that the more remote a plantation 

 the greater are its silvicultural and economical handicaps, and the less 

 refined must be the methods of handling it. The adequate protection, 

 as well as the rational development of remote plantations, is difficult 

 and expensive, which more than counterbalances the ease and cheap- 

 ness of their establishment. The executive officers and workmen 

 generaly take less interest in plantations far removed from human 

 habitations and traveled highways, than in those situated at points 

 frequented by tourists and pedestrians. 



The future economical development of remote forest areas cannot 

 be foretold accurately enough at present to justify any deviation from 

 ordinary procedures. Therefore, it seems logical that the development 

 of a forest property should proceed from the most accessible part 

 towards the more remote, that is, the forest, and that part of each 

 forest which seemingly will be handled most intensively in the future 



iHartig, Dr. Theodore und Dr. Robert: Lehrbuch fur Forster. Zweiter Band, 

 s. 21. Stuggart, 1877. 



