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the openings are very prone to come up to grass and weeds. 

 Therefore, this method would only delay ultimate restocking. 

 Again it would not be possible to scatter the brush on the cut-over 

 strips, since it would prevent the logging of the remaining strips. 



The strip stand (shelterwood — strip) method of cutting, as 

 heretofore, should therefore be adopted. The progress of cutting 

 should, as a rule, be from the highest part of the slope to the base 

 thereof. 



Where conditions prohibit the cutting of an entire strip in one 

 year, it should begin at the top of the slope and be extended to 

 the base in subsequent years. 



The logging of the lower slopes ahead of the middle or upper 

 slopes and vice versa is as a rule not permissible. Only where 

 the material of the upper portion of the slopes can be logged with- 

 out touching the lower portion and without interfering with re- 

 production already present on the lower slopes may the logging 

 of the lower slopes take precedence over the logging of the upper 

 slopes, providing no injury through wind is caused thereby. The 

 usual small skidding and hauling roads from which the felled 

 material on steep slopes is often logged can not as a rule furnish 

 an excuse for this partial logging on each strip. The strip cut- 

 tings must progress in the direction against the prevailing wind 

 currents, i. e. as a rule, towards the southwest. On sunny slopes 

 the remaining stand must furnish protection to the cut-over 

 area against drying out. In such cases, therefore, the longest 

 dimension of the cut-over strip apart from narrow canyon-like 

 valleys should stretch either horizontally or diagonally across the 

 slope. 



The cut-over strips should have a width of not to exceed 45 

 metres (150 feet), but a rule cannot be formulated since the local 

 conditions may necessitate a greater or lesser width. 



The cutting strips must be narrower the steeper and sunnier the 

 slope is, and the more the soil is given to growing up to grass and 

 weeds, and the less protection there is ; whereas on the contrary 

 on shady slopes the cuttings can be wider. 



In order to prevent a too early cutting of the adjacent strips a 

 cutting cycle of at least six years is indicated. In order to achieve 

 this end a sufficient number of stands should be indicated for the 

 near future where operations can be begun. Also within the 

 stands the preparatory cuttings must be carefully regulated ac- 



