Possibilities of a Second Cut 11 



PROPOSED PLAN FOR SECURING A BETTER 

 SECOND CUT 



The company should either abandon the plan of leaving trees 

 below fourteen inches in diameter or it should adopt an entirely 

 different policy involving the selection of the trees to leave and the 

 proper handling of the fire risk. The latter policy appears best, 

 provided it can be shown that it is comparatively simple to enforce 

 and that it will result profitably. This involves the following 

 essential points : 



(1) Stands not suitable for a second cut should be cut clear 

 unless a few seed trees are left to restock the land. 



(2) In stands which contain suitable young timber the trees 

 to be removed should be marked and no others should be cut. 



(3) Proper disposal of the tops must be secured under inspec- 

 tion to eliminate the fire risk and preserve the timber left standing. 



RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL MARKING FOR A 

 SECOND CUT 



To present the subject concretely, certain areas were mapped 

 and separated into (a) those upon which the timber was mature 

 and not suitable for a second cut, and (b) those which were well 

 adapted to a second cut because they contained young timber. 

 The mature stands from which it will be difficult to secure a 

 second cut were marked so as to leave for seeding purposes only 

 healthy, rapidly growing trees as small as possible, which would 

 stand until the next cut twenty years hence. This policy is not 

 recommended except where the company decides that the securing 

 of a complete stand of seedlings on the cut-over lands will justify 

 the present expense. 



On 200 acres so marked, the stand averaged 14,000 feet b.m. 

 per acre, or 560,000 feet b.m. per "forty." By proper selection 

 the seed trees selected contained 1,050 feet b.m. per acre or 

 42,000 feet b.m. per "forty," which is 7.5 per cent of the stand. 

 The total number of trees per "forty" was 800, or 20 per acre ; this 

 would be reduced by the proposed cut to 150, or 3.75 trees per 

 acre, which is 18 per cent of the whole number. It is evident from 

 this that comparatively small trees were selected. The growth 

 added to the seed trees will, because of their size, probably be 

 between 2 and 3 per cent a year, or a possible 200 to 300 feet 

 b.m. in ten years. In twenty years, the yield from these trees 

 would probably be increased to 1,500 feet b.m. per acre. The 



