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PREPARATION OF FOREST WORKING PLANS. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



A FOREST working plan has for its object to lay down the 

 entire management of a forest, so that the objects for which 

 the forest is maintained may be as fully as possible realised. 

 In order to be of any use, it must be based upon an exact and 

 detailed examination of the actual state of the forest in all its 

 component parts ; next, the forest must be divided into divisions 

 of workable size ; the leading principles of management must 

 be indicated, and the yield calculated. The whole material is 

 then brought together in a working plan report. Finally, 

 arrangement must be made to control the execution of the 

 plans, and to collect additional information, so that every 

 succeeding working plan may be more accurate, and the 

 management ma}?- become more and more exact. 



The subject may, therefore, be divided into the following 

 chapters : 



I. EXAMINATION OF THE FOREST, OR COLLECTION OF 



STATISTICS. 



II. DIVISION AND ALLOTMENT OF THE AREA. 



III. DETERMINATION OF THE METHOD OF TREATMENT AND 



GENERAL LINES OF MANAGEMENT. 



IV. DETERMINATION OF THE YIELD. 

 Y. THE WORKING PLAN REPORT. 



VI. CONTROL OF EXECUTION AND RENEWAL OF WORKING 

 PLANS. 



The subjects coming under I., II., and III. are not easy to 



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