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(d) Eepairs of any damage done to young plants, which, if 

 of broadleaved species, may, when injured, he cut back close 

 to the ground so as to get a strong regrowth. Otherwise, 

 replanting must be effected with strong transplants after the 

 felling-area has been cleared. 



5. Bad Stacking of Timber and Firewood. 



Employ specially trained men for stacking firewood, as 

 ordinary woodcutters generally stack loosely. 



Stacking should be done on blanks, or along the edges of 

 felling-areas, on roadsides, etc. The stacks should not lean 

 against trees. 



Withes for binding faggots should be cut from suppressed 

 stems, or taken from cleanings or special plantations. 



6. Careless Transport of Timber and Firewood. 



Attend to the timely construction and repairs of the neces- 

 sary roads, slides, etc., which should be ready when the 

 fellings commence. This is specially requisite in mountain 

 forests. 



Eemove material from the felling-area at favourable seasons, 

 when snow is on the ground ; not in hard frosts, nor when the 

 trees are in sap and the bark of standing trees is easily abraded 

 by the wheels of the carts, etc. 



Avoid damaging methods, such as rolling, etc., among young 

 growth. Use the best methods of transport : slides, tramways, 

 etc. Make good roads. 



Fix a period during which the material must be removed, 

 say from November of one year to the end of winter in the 

 next, so that the ground may be cleared in time for the spring- 

 growth of the second year. At the end of this period, all 

 injured broadleaved plants should be cut back, blanks planted 

 up, and all ruts on temporary cart-tracks filled in. 



Certain rules should be made for the protection of roads and 

 other means of transport. . For instance, new roads should 

 not be used until the earth has settled, and they have, if f 

 possible, been macadamised. Notices closing roads under 

 construction or repair should be posted up, and bars put 



