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Where the forest is large there are as many strips 

 worked at once as is necessary to cover the entire forest 

 within the time of rotation. Thus, if we want the pine to 

 be cut when eighty years old, and always allow each strip 



FIG. 25. Natural Seeding from the Side 

 Young pine encroaching on cleared land. (After Bureau of Forestry) 



five years' rest to seed and start a young growth, the 

 forest might be divided into a number of parcels such that 

 each parcel would be about sixteen strips wide, and this 

 could be cut in eighty years' time. 



