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APPENDIX 



Canton of Le Peray (First series of cuttings) 



Canton of La Vuardaz (Second series of cuttings) 



A. VOLUME FELLINGS 



Art. 7. Application of the yield. Cultural rules. The fellings shall be 

 on the whole entirely selection (in character) favoring (for removal) dry topped trees, 

 those decayed or overmature of all diameter classes whose removal will fill an important 

 part of the yield. Next cut trees which have reached or passed the exploitable size 

 (23.6 inches or 60 c. m. in diameter) and whose retention does not seem to be necessary 

 in order to maintain the canopy. Do not forget that on the whole the growing stock 

 is deficient and that all young trees which are sound and vigorous should in theory 

 be retained; yet at the bottom of compartments A and B where there is a half-grown 

 high forest, quite regular thinnings must be carried on in order to favor the devel- 

 opment of the best stems. 



B. AREA FELLINGS 



The aim of the improvement cuttings should be the creation of a mixed forest of 

 conifers and broadleaves. In theory they should be exploited by cutting back (rece*- 

 page) ; this cutting back shall be complete when it concerns the softwoods, but on the 



