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CHAPTER IV 



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Nurseries .......... 122 



Permanent and temporary nurseries Selection of site Fencing 

 Clearing and preparation of beds Roads, paths, and water-channels 

 Various methods of watering By canals, by pumps, by shadoofs, by 

 sakia, by charas, by various other methods Seed-beds : sowing, 

 watering, shading, and weeding Nursery lines : lifting, transplant- 

 ing, pruning, stumping, etc. Raising of cuttings Layering Propa- 

 gation by rhizomes Schooling of root-suckers Schooling of seedlings 

 taken from the forest Manuring Buildings and sanitation. 



CHAPTER V 



Preliminary Operations on the Area to be Afforested . 150 



Fencing Clearing of area Draining of water-logged soils Draining 

 of hill-sides Irrigation of arid soils Lining: different patterns 

 employed Calculation of number of sowing or planting spots on 

 given area Tilth of soil Ridging. 



CHAPTER VI 



Sowing and Planting . . . . . . . .171 



(a) Sotoing : Direct sowing, broadcast, in strips, in patches, irregular 

 (b) Planting : Planting with balls of earth : lifting, transport to 

 the field, putting in Planting without balls of earth: lifting, 

 transport, planting Comparison between the two methods of 

 planting Distances between the plants Best time for planting 

 Shading and raising of nurse-crops Weeding Supplying vacancies 

 Relative advantages of sowing and planting. 



CHAPTER VII 



Natural Regeneration : Regeneration by Coppice . .189 



(a) Regeneration by stool-shoots : Dormant and adventitious buds 

 Size and age of the stools Height and shape of the stools Imple- 

 ments employed for cutting Best time for cutting (b) Regeneration 

 by root-suckers : How obtained Advantages of root-suckers over stool- 

 shoots Simple coppice and coppice under standards (c) Pollarding 

 (d) Regeneration of bamboos from culms : Methods employed. 



