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be done not later than in the second year after the final 

 removal of the former tree crop. Strips about three feet 

 wide or places about six feet square are cultivated with a 

 spade before the seed is thrown on them. Only in rare 

 cases the entire area to be planted with seeds is ploughed 

 and harrowed and the seeds spread over it broadcast. 

 The plants used for planting up a clearing are as a rule 

 two years old or older. The age of the plants selected 

 depends on the condition of the area to be planted aside 

 from depending on the species itself. Spruce, Scotch 

 pine, fir and larch or tamarack, as a general rule, are 

 used two to five years old; beech, oak, ash and maple, as 

 a general rule, are used three to six years old. The 

 plants are raised in nurseries. Only in rare cases they 

 are taken from areas previously planted with seed in the 

 open forest. The number of plants used per acre ranges 

 between 600 and 4,000, according to the species, the size 

 of the plants used and the condition of the area to be 

 planted. 



Regeneration from self-sown seed is only used in the 

 case of the beech (Fagus silvaticd). In all other cases 

 forests are regenerated by means of planting plants or 

 sowing seeds. 



There is no law or rule in Saxony for compulsory re- 

 forestation after clearings. 



There is not much damage done by forest fires. It 

 averages 1300 per year. Forest fires of a larger extent 

 have happened very rarely. As a rule, forest fires are 

 caused by the careless use of matches by tobacco and 

 cigar smokers. Very few fires are caused by sparks from 

 locomotives ; on the average perhaps three per year. 



The yield or annual cut is fixed by working plans pre- 

 pared for periods of ten years and renewed after the lapse 

 of such periods. Within these periods the annual yield 

 is almost constant. At the end of a period, however, a 

 new working plan might provide for either a higher or 



