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Mode 

 fellings. 



of executing the 



It is not necessary to fell daring any given sub-period exactly!- of 

 the area each year or to cut -j of the Matti, Nana, 

 Kindal and Jamba available ; they can be cut ail in 

 one year, if necessary ; the only restrictions being 

 that the number of trees felled during any one sub-period should not exceed the 

 number provided for felling within that sub-period and that no trees of girth 

 less than the minimum fixed should ever be felled. 



55. The fellings of Matti, Nana, Kiudal and Jamba in each sub-period 

 will, generally speaking, begin in the east of the area and work westwards. It 

 will be necessary first to go over approximately ^th of the area marking all the 

 largest trees sound and unsound ; if in the 1st marking the prescribed number is 

 not realized, it will be necessary to go over that area again with a view to 

 selecting sufficient trees of the exploitable girth to make up the required 

 number. If after the 2nd marking the trees are in deficit a rough survey of a 

 further area should be made and the necessary number added. Similarly in 

 the 2nd year of the sub-period. In the 3rd year the whole remaining area 

 should be carefully inspected, so as to form an idea of what is left to be cut 

 during the sub-period and so as to spread the yield as evenly as possible over 

 the last two years. 



56. Teak and Black-wood should be girdled 3 years before felling. As 

 regards the other four principal species the value of girdling has not yet been 

 fully established, but from experience gained in Yelldpur and also in these forests 

 during the last season (1907-08) girdling would appear to be beneficial. It 

 will be better therefore to leave this question open, merely stipulating that until 

 the question is definitely settled trees shall be girdled two years in advance of 

 the fellings. 



All girdled trees should be inspected six months after the operation to 

 ascertain whether the work has been properly done. 



67. In marking Matti it should be remembered that the " Water Blister " 

 causes only local damage to the affected portion and that fine logs can often be 

 cut from the non-affected parts of the tree. 



