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shaped trees assist in shading the ground and preventing too 

 branchy a grow ft in the other trees, and should not be removed 

 too soon, d - ould strong thinnings be made at too early a 



period in the age :: the wood. At a later - • :hin- 



as denned by the Association or by Kroft. which confine 

 themselves to suppressed and wea7 ards 



assisting an increased growth. To effect this, all badly -formed, 

 forked, and broad-crowned trees must be removed from the neigh- 

 bourhood of betJ ped trees, and the \ rth of the I 



eneoura^- in evei 



sate ■--■'-'— of :hinning beech practised in 

 Gen. rodueed, 



but their yield of timber and m =ed. 



7 produce the best n :>wing method of thinning 



appea: :-eessf ul : — At the . ..tion 



should be chiefly dire. - re .: rubbish, beyond 



ttie is required until the ti: n good, or the 



soils, and then i thinning 



. -iould be gone 



through and all badly-shaped trees taken out, groups of well- 



- elated, and all dead and dying trees removed. 



Whe is been done six c. : 



I trees should meet about 11 ear, and 



■rl -^necessary trees bl 



■: . . 



^ordering on light-fellings, may 

 ighl ten. ing 1 



frees. By Beet : 



timber per acre should be obtained - - - ars or so. 



although the crop standing at the final : 



is the ea- . treatmer- the tol field will 



a : D I 

 : m the abt : will be s- 



... band it, is hardly 



thinning al _■ _ .- oich will approach more 



closr. . jief differ -: : 



being thai er until I 



bran . 1 upon, and without which clean timber 



cannot be produced. 



