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out of fourteen severe storms, two were from the East and 

 though weaker than their western brethren, caused far more 

 damage. In such circumstances the very structure of the forest 

 must furnisli the requisite protection, and for this, as explained, 

 the selection type is best suited. 



Under the excellent road systems and logging facilities of 

 the Black Forest and the perfect utilization of all forest products 

 there, the Selection System resolves itself into a sort of "milking" 

 of the stand. However, a general cutting cycle of ten years is 

 maintained; i.e. the axe visits each stand at intervals of not 

 more than ten years. 



The results obtained by the Selection System are splendid. 

 Reproduction promptly follows the cutting and only rarely are 

 there any fail places remaining to be planted. Another gratify- 

 ing feature is the absence of damage by game in stands re- 

 generated by the Selection System. The extent to which the 

 game ordinarily damages the young growth is hard to believe; 

 aside from browsing goats there is probably no more destructive 

 animal agency. The reason for the selection forest's immunity 

 doubtless lies in the all-aged character of the stands. 



HI. Border Cuttings where the forest is practically even-aged 

 and the cutting progresses steadily from the North toward the 

 South is not used in the strictly linear fashion prescribed in 

 Wagner's "Grundlagen der Raumlichen Ordnung im Walde" ; * 

 for there is no necessity of such elaborate precautions against 

 insolation and drought in a moist, cloudy mountain climate, how- 

 ever justified they may be on drier sites and at lower altitudes. 

 Under the natural conditions in the Black Forest it would be 

 almost impossible to prevent reproduction, except of course by 

 fire. The skill of the forester must show itself, therefore, in di- 

 recting the course and kind of regeneration. 



As applied in the Black Forest, the Border Cuttings accord- 

 ingly approach the Shelterwood- Selection Cuttings as practiced 

 in Baden. Beginning at some point of vantage such as a road, 

 the top of a slope or the like, the cuttings progress gradually into 

 the stand (usually towards the south or at least against the pre- 

 vailing wind direction). The progress of the cutting and the 



* See also Article on "Border Cuttings," Proceedings, Society of Ameri- 

 can Foresters, Vol. VII, No. 2. 



