128 THE PRINCIPLES OF HANDLING WOODLANDS 



mate reserves. If any groups of young growth occur, 

 they are carefully protected, unless they are so small and 

 scattered that this would involve an unwarranted expense. 

 The logs are removed just as soon as practicable, and the 

 slash is destroyed. In some cases it is desirable to burn 

 over the surface of the ground to prepare for the recep- 

 tion of the seed. 



Irregular Cleared Strips. Where the topography is 

 uneven and rugged, a regular arrangement of alterna- 

 ting strips is impracticable. Such cuttings would usually 

 increase the difficulties and cost of logging; the regular 

 strips would result in windfall on many exposed points; 

 the location of the strips with reference to the bordering 

 seed-trees would often be unfavorable for good reproduc- 

 tion; the bands of standing timber would in many cases 

 be poorly located with reference to reproduction at the 

 time of the second cut; and one could not take full ad- 

 vantage of the condition of the timber to locate the cut- 

 tings where most needed. 



On rough topography the clearings may be irregular- 

 ly arranged, and be irregular in size and form. Just as 

 in the case of the regular cleared strips, the design is to 

 remove the stand in two or more operations. The first 

 cuttings comprise from 40 to 60 per cent, of the area, and 

 take the form of clearings restricted sufficiently to permit 

 a distribution of seed from the bordering trees. 



The forester determines in advance the proportion of 

 the area which will be cleared. This is based on consid- 

 erations of logging, reproduction, windfall, protection 



