RAISING OR KEEPING UP THE FOREST 



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indefinitely. In his work he should take care to cut at the 

 right time of the year (late winter) ; to cut the stumps 

 low and smooth, with the slant to the outside ; to leave 

 some of the smaller useless trees for the protection of the 



Fig. "21. The Wrong AVay to cut the Stumps 



Fi(i. •_'•_'. Til.' i:i.i;lit Wiiy In cut the Stniiii>s 



ground and 3'oung shoots. He would naturally fill all 

 bare spots with young trees, and would thin out the 

 poorer sprouts when the stand is about ten years old, 

 usinar the material thus cut for firewood. The okl 



