SILVICULTURAL METHODS OF REPRODUCTION 67 



Where trees like white oak, which sprouts poorly at sixty to 

 eighty years, occur, the seed cutting must be made heavy enough 

 to encourage complete seedling reproduction. Five to ten years 

 after the seed cutting, or as soon as good seedling reproduction 

 is established and has secured a few years' start, the remainder 

 of the stand is removed in the final cutting. Sprouts at once 

 start and with the seedlings on the ground develop a mixed stand 

 of seedlings and sprouts. 



