Bible for sood trees. Ehe marline oa the Marsh J-umbor Gom- 

 Dan^'s sale area was criticised "by Dr.Meiiieclio "beer/use of 

 the amox-u.ru- of trees left that were info cried with aictlotoo. 

 &Q the tine of his criticism it was thought -that Dr. Mein- 

 oc:-o meant to remove all trees that v/ere info cried, ^his 

 would in somo cases have aniovDitod to .raotioall3 T a clear 

 cjrit of oil trees and a c^e^ ^^ - " t:ie ro^roduction. 7e . 

 thought it "best to oracicate the mistletoe if ;?csni"ble 

 -racuall:r, rather than olos:: cart anc. have a "bare aroa. 2he 

 oystom of clear cutting we e*?eot to r-irfc into effect; that 

 is if the sale of red fir en the mountain to;.;s goes into 

 effect. The stand of reel fir assizes I thin.:, that method 

 of marhine for two reasons: the first is hecauce the rod 

 fir demands a cood deal of li^ht for ravlfi re-rod^tlon ; 

 and second, hecauso the stand is so raatiire in c. -ood many 

 places that it will aonit, anC -ractically demand a clear 

 otv^. The area contains a {preat deal O f ro roduction in 

 groups lar-e enoucli to mature in a fou ^ecxa and it is 

 ttelfty *nd ra;;.idly growing ^ou. Within those C roT-s may 

 occur a ve": old troes which './ill naturclly 

 come oi!t of those C roir,s. Doi^ S roir;s naturally occur 

 which will neod no thlnnln- vjnetover. The ensure of this 

 area of re^ fir is to the north, '.horsfcre, 1>eJ^ ^ore moist 

 and not needing so much protection fion sunlirnt . 



j-:-st a word further ahou^ the inferior epooies in- 

 volved in marhinc; the timber sales now in oparation on the 



