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8. But at specially exposed places, the falls should proceed 

 wedge-shaped in the direction of the worst wind. 



(c) As regards Protection — 



1. Each Compartment and each sub-Compartment, and 



each crop or separate part of a crop, should, so far 

 as possible, be treated as an independent unit in 

 striving to attain security against wind. 



2. When middle-aged crops have been broken into by 



wind, the exposed outer edges should be strengthened 

 by weighting it down with wood and stones. 



Each monthly issue contains the report of one, and sometimes 

 of more than one, Annual Forest Conference held by the local 

 foresters. Most of the subjects discussed are mainly of local 

 interest, while others are of general importance. Among these 

 latter may be mentioned one of the themes at the Thuringian 

 Conference (June 1903), "On the Results attained Locally in 

 cultivating Foreign Kinds of Trees," where it was considered 

 that the Weymouth pine was the most valuable introduction, 

 and, next to that, the Douglas tir. Reports received from 

 32 different forest circles showed that when Weymouth pine and 

 spruce are mixed, the former outgrows the latter on a pronounced 

 pine-soil, and vice versd on the best classes of spruce-soil, but 

 even in this case the Weymouth pine can bear the side-shade 

 sufficiently well to hold out until about 60 years of age, 

 when it forms valuable thinnings. And its wood is specially 

 useful for match-making, on account of its elasticity, as well as 

 of its softness and straight fibre. The plantations made with it 

 during the last twenty years are growing well, even on somewhat 

 marshy, heavy moorland soil. It seldom suffers from frost or is 

 broken by snow, ice, or wind, but roe-deer are fond of eating the 

 buds and using the young stems as fraying-stocks. The Douglas 

 fir has only been planted experimentally since 1880, so that less 

 is as yet known about it; but reports from 31 forest circles state 

 that it is doing well, and is outgrowing spruce and Scots pine 

 both in height and girth — although it, too, attracts the attention 

 of roe-deer, like all other jjlants that are introduced as novelties 

 into the woods. 



At the Hessian Forest Conference (Cassel, July 1903), one of 

 the three themes proposed for discussion was " The Leaf-Shedding 



