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where there are enough young trees to take the 

 place of the full-grown trees that are removed. 

 Cutting is best done during the winter when the 

 trees are dormant. If the cutting is performed 

 during the spring or summer, the bark, twigs and 

 leaves of the surrounding young growth may be 

 seriously damaged by the falling trees. The 

 trees should be cut as low to the ground as is 

 practicable, as high stumps waste valuable tim- 

 ber. Care should be taken so that they will not 

 break or split in falling. Trees should be 

 dropped so that they will not crush young seed- 

 lings and sapling growth as they fall. It is no 

 more difficult or costly to throw a tree so that it 

 will not injure young trees than it is to drop it 

 anywhere without regard for the future of 

 the forest. 



Directly after cutting, the fallen timber 

 should be trimmed so as to remove branches that 

 are crushing down any young growth or seedling. 

 In some forests the young growth is so thick that 

 it is impossible to throw trees without falling 

 them on some of these baby trees which will 

 spring back into place again if the heavy branches 

 are removed at once. The top of the tree should 

 be trimmed so that it will lie close to the ground. 



