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i. Clear Cutting with Artificial Reproduction. 



By this method the area in question is cut clean and the plant- 

 ing or seeding is done afterwards. It is desirable that the slash 

 or limbs be disposed of in some way before planting. This 

 method was the chief one used by the Cornell Forest School some 



Fig. 12. A stand of European silver fir in the Vosges Mountains, France, 100 to 150 years, 

 managed on the selection system. 



ten years ago in the management of its extensive tracts m the 

 Adirondacks and for which the school became so unpopular that 

 it was given up. It was not realized at that time that any form 

 of clear cutting could be good forestry. It is a method admirably 

 adapted for small tracts well protected from fire, in stands which 

 are either overmature or have been so damaged that desirable 

 natural reproduction is impossible, and wherever intensive man- 

 agement is possible. 



