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clearing away what ought to come down to make room for 

 successional crops. 



As given in this chapter, little else than the titles of the 

 working plans and the general duties included under each 

 head are stated ; the reader being referred to the other chap- 

 ters in the book for details of practice and operations that 

 come under one or other of the different heads given in the 

 following working plan that has been thought sufficient to 

 meet the wants of the British forester : 



I. Allotment of the wooded area. 



2. Period of rotation. 



3. Choice of species suitable for the locality. 



4. Cultural methods to be adopted. 



5. Control and general management 



SECTION I. ALLOTMENT OF THE WOODED AREA. 



Under this head should be included existing woods, and 

 any areas proposed to be planted at any future time. In 

 dealing with this part of the work, the forester should first 

 provide himself with a good map of the estate on which the 

 woods are clearly set out. This map will be found in the 

 Ordnance Survey ; if on the new and larger scale of twenty- 

 five inches to the mile, all the better. Having ascertained the 

 extent of the existing woods and plantations, and decided on 

 the areas yet to be planted, the first should be coloured a 

 dark-green shade on the map, and the last a light-green, to be 

 deepened after planting. Both should be numbered distinctly 

 on the map, and consecutively from one side of the estate to 

 the other side, and the numbers should correspond with the 

 numbers in the wood register book here described. The words 

 " wood," " forest," or " plantation," should be applied only to 

 such planted tracts as are not separated by fields or fences, 

 and the different divisions of such woods, whether dis- 

 tinguished by age or species, should be indicated in the register 

 by letters of the alphabet, but popular local names need not be 

 omitted. This register should begin with a descriptive 

 reference table or index, setting forth the number and name of 

 the wood, its extent, elevation, aspect, number of divisions, soil 

 and formation, and record in the register ; and to each wood 

 should be allotted a sufficient number of pages in the register 

 book for the entry of further particulars, in a concise form, 

 showing the age and extent of each division, what it consists 

 of, when thinned or cut down, how the produce was disposed 

 of, and the value received, etc., as shown in accompanying 

 examples. 



