748 UTILIZATION OF FOREST HERBAGE FOR FODDER. 



The advantages the forest gains from grass-cutting are 

 similar to those already described under pasture. Plantations 

 and natural regeneration-areas are saved from being choked 

 by the grass, and from deprivation of light and dew ; whilst 

 damage by mice is greatly reduced, and, finally, a considerable 

 revenue is frequently obtained. 



The disadvantages are obvious : cutting down and up- 

 rooting young plants, transplanting and breaking them. 



i. 387A. Field-crops and woods in the Ardennes, i'.y K. Storey. 



