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and standards removed by light improvement fellings and few 

 conifers sown and planted. 

 IV. Coppice, 8 to 33 years. 



The mistake was made in conversion of this forest, of allow- 

 ing coppice to grow up over too large a proportion of the forest 

 at one time. As a result of this initial error the coppice on block 

 III, and to a certain extent on block II, began to lose its vitality 

 and to thin out before it was reached in the scheme of felling and 

 sowing operations. This was not foreseen in the forest of Faye 

 de Montrond until too late and was then corrected by. thinning 

 and planting in blocks II and III some years in advance of the 

 original plan. The consequence will be seen in the final coni- 

 ferous forest where the age classes will be abnormally distributed, 

 the older trees predominating. 



A short visit to a few French forests convinces me that there are 

 now certain regions in Canada where economic conditions are quite 

 as favorable to intensive forest management as in many of the 

 profitable French forests. The real obstacle in Canada is to be 

 found in the public, not in the forests. 



