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With cheap labor, of course, more can be done than in this 

 country, but this seems more intensive than the average deodar 

 forest would justify. 



Speaking of moisture, Trevor explains that excessive dampness 

 is as fatal as excessive drought. Correct conditions will be secured 

 only when there is partial light and the seedlings take hold of 

 the mineral soil. As regards light, he feels, "that ample light is 

 most beneficial to the seedlings, and that it can thrive without 

 any overwood at all." 



His conclusion is : 



"From the foregoing facts it appears that an ideal method of 

 regenerating deodar (especially applicable to Kulu and other 

 forests on easy ground) is to regenerate on the principles of 

 the regular method under a moderate shelterwood and to rapidly 

 remove the same as reproduction is obtained. Under this method 

 a mixture of deodar and Kail can be obtained with the greatest 

 ease. It is only necessary first to admit sufficient light for the 

 reproduction of deodar and thereafter, when sufficient has been 

 obtained, to make a heavy felling, retaining a few Kail as seed 

 bearers, when complete reproduction of Kail will be obtained. 

 This has actually happened in practice in more than one instance." 



Under the heading, "Protection," "It has been proved that 

 goats are most destructive to all forest growth," but the grazing 

 of horn cattle "is often of advantage," yet he points out that 

 extensive grazing is dangerous, "in fact, this damage may be so 

 severe as to entirely destroy the total crop." 



"It may therefore be expected that grazing may be permitted 

 up to the commencement of regeneration, but, thereafter, should, 

 as far as possible, be excluded from the regeneration area." 



He deprecates the selection system, so generally used, since so 

 little can be done to improve regeneration. He comments on the 

 necessity for seeding and "minor improvement fellings, con- 

 sisting in the cutting of shrubs and malformed advanced growth." 

 Cleanings and thinnings, early, often, and late — "par le haut" — 

 are advocated. Finally, he summarizes the crop which can be 

 secured on a 120-year rotation. As an example of systematic 

 silviculture in India, it is perhaps the most notable article that 

 has been published in the "Indian Forester" for the past ten 

 years. T. S. W., Jr. 



The Indian Forester, November, 1915, pp. 439-62. 



