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in tapping being rested, so that the trees may have a chance to 

 recover and the bark to again renew properly. 



Estates which have only a limited area in bearing are often 

 the most severely tapped. The reason is that there is more 

 pressing need for returns in such cases to meet current expenses 

 and, if possible, pay a small dividend. The manager feels the 



FIG. 42. Tapping a Young Tree, Half-herring-bone, Quarter-section System, 



Two Cuts. 



necessity for getting as large returns as possible at almost any 

 cost, and has always the hope before his eyes that when a larger 

 area comes into bearing he may be able to ease off his tapping 

 methods. Unfortunately this does not work out in practice. 

 Large areas of bark having been cut away, bark having been re- 

 tapped before the renewed bark is thoroughly matured, returns 

 on the old areas show signs of falling off, which the younger 



