TABLE OF CONTENTS 



General Silvicultural Conditions PAGE 



Mature Stands 11 



Second growth Stands (resulting from fires) 17 



Agents Afiecting Condition of Forest 



Lumbering 19 



Fire 24 



Minor Damages 28 



Silvics 



List of Species 29 



Descriptions of Species 29 



Method of Studying Reproduction 43 



Management of Timber-Cutting Operations 



Silvicultural Methods 44 



Marking Eules and Methods 46 



Brush Disposal 47 



Cost of Silviculture 48 



Contracts 48 



Silvicultural Practice in Montana 51 



Volume, Growth, and Yield Tables 56 



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