CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE v 



INTRODUCTION xxiii 



ARTICLE 



1. The Forest Area of the United States xxiii 



2. The Amount of Standing Timber xxiv 



3. The Ownership of Merchantable Timber. xxiv 



4. The Necessity for Forest Management xxv 



5. What Has Been Done , xxv 



6. What Should Be Done xxviii 



7. Governmental Responsibility xxix 



8. The Outlook for the Future xxx 



9. Seeding and Planting xxxi 



10. Reforestation by Private Individuals and Corporations xxxiii 



11. Reforestation by the State xxxiv 



12. Reforestation by the National Government xxxv 



PART I. SILVIO AL BASIS FOR SEEDING AND 

 PLANTING 



CHAPTER I 

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DEFINITIONS AND GENERALITIES 



1. The Primary Objects of Silviculture 3 



2. Chief Aim in Reproduction 3 



3. Chief Aim in Improvement 4 



4. Natural Reproduction in the Virgin Forest 4 



5. Natural Reproduction after Lumbering, Fire and Windfall 5 



6. Origin of the Crop 6 



7. Methods of Reproduction 7 



8. Natural Reproduction 8 



9. Irregularities in Natural Reproduction 8 



10. Methods of Natural Reproduction from Seed 9 



11. The Selection Method 10 



12. The Shelterwood Method 10 



13. Clear-cutting Methods 12 



14. The Strip Method 12 



15. The Group Method 12 



16. The Scattered Seed Tree Method 13 



17. Artificial Restocking Necessary 14 



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