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In addition notes regarding future treatment may be useful, 

 the following points being taken into consideration. Whether 

 the wood requires underplanting ; any cleaning, pruning, or 

 thinning required ; whether the wood should be finally felled, 

 and if so, what species should be grown and whether it should 

 be sown, planted, or naturally regenerated. Any special 

 measures necessary for protection against fire or other dangers ; 

 any roads or draining necessary ; any improvement of the 

 boundaries possible. 



These notes are usually made by the compiler as a guide, 

 though the future treatment can only be decided after the full 

 description of the area has been completed. 



For the field work the note-book should be divided up as 

 follows, and by way of explanation sample descriptions are 

 given : 



COMPARTMENTS 



Soil and surface 

 covering. 



Description of crop. 



Notes regarding future 

 treatment and remarks. 



Deep good sandy 

 loam over Mill- 

 stone grit. Sur- 

 face clean in 

 most parts with 

 brambles and 

 fern in the more 

 open places. 



Fine growth of oak stan- 

 dards 100-140 years old, 

 70 to 80 feet high, about 

 40 trees to the acre with 

 good clean stems. Esti- 

 mated volume 3,000 

 cubic feet per acre. 



Pure beech coppice about 

 25 feet high, dense. 

 Young oak and ash here 

 and there in the coppice. 



Cut away beech where 

 endangering the young 

 oaks or ash. 'Otherwise 

 leave the wood alone to 

 grow on. 



Right of way from X to Y 

 as marked on the map. 



Fairly good sandy 

 loam over Coal 

 measures. Sur- 

 face covered 

 with fern and 

 brambles. 



Poor growth of oak about 

 100 years old, 50 trees to 

 tne acre, height 50 feet ; 

 estimated volume 800 

 cubic feet per acre. Here 

 and there in the more 

 open spaces are groups 

 of larch 12 years old, 

 15 feet high. 



Clear cut all the oaks 

 leaving the larch. Plant 

 up with groups of larch, 

 Douglas fir, and Scotch 

 pine, in order to obtain 

 a crop which can be cut 

 for pit-wood in 50 years. 



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