FORESTRY WORK 



AND HOW IT IS DONE 



CHAPTER I 



THE FIRST STEPS TOWARDS AFFORESTATION 



Necessity of a working plan — Formation of a nursery — Advantagea 

 of a home nursery — Selection of site for a nursery — Size of 

 nursery — Shape of nursery — Division of the nursery into 

 beds — Soil preparation, draining, trenching — Making the 

 roads and paths — Fencing the nursery — Hedges for nursery. 



Necessity of a Worhi7ig Plan. 



A working plan for a period of years should form the 

 basis of all forestry operations. 



This period need not necessarily be equal to a full 

 rotation, although a rough idea should be formed of the 

 order in which the different woods and waste land will 

 come into the scheme of felling and planting. The rota- 

 tion may be a short one, as for pitwood, longer if for 

 large coniferous timber, and still longer for such trees as 

 Oak and Beech. The first point to be considered before 

 deciding on the length of rotation is. What species will 

 give the best return for money invested on the soil found 

 on the area ? and the second is, What class of timber is 

 most in demand within a reasonable distance ? If the 



