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CHAPTER VII. 

 METHOD OF TREATMENT. 

 Object sought to be attained. 30. The objects SOUght are 



(1) To obtain as quickly and as simply as possible a well-stocked forest 



of good growth from seed and stool. 



(2) To increase the density of the present poorly stocked forests. It is 



also desired to protect the forests from the injuries they have been 

 hitherto exposed to. 



(3) To supply all local requirements of the agricultural population and 



teak poles to Kamptee traders. 



31. The method of improvement fellings of varying intensity to suit local 



conditions and the demand has been adopted as that most 



Method or treatment. i r iir t /--IT ITT TI C ' 



suitable for Working Circles I and II. The reasons tor its 



adoption! are 



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(a) The bad character of the crop. 



(b) The present limited demand for produce. 



All compartments of these circles shall be protected from cattle for 10 years 

 after being felled over and shall be permanently protected from fire. 



Circle III, as above-mentioned, will be subjected to close protection from 

 fire, cattle and green timber and fuel fellings for the full working period, but will 

 be open for the removal of dry fuel, grass and minor forest produce. 



Circle No. IV will be open throughout the rotation for grazing and for the 

 removal of dry fuel, grass and minor forest produce and for the few unregulated 

 fellings it may be necessary to allow for the supply of certain scattered villages 

 as noted in para. 24. Partial protection from fire should be extended to this 

 circle at the discretion of the Forest Divisional Officer. 



32. The poles most in demand locally vary from 12" to 18" in girth, and 

 Exploitable age ^ ls cons idered that such produce for the most part can 



be obtained by the rotation of 20 years coupled with the 



protection from cattle for 10 years prescribed in this plan ; but should it be proved 

 that this rotation is too limited to yield poles of the larger size, it must be borne 

 in mind that a large proportion of the present stock will remain on the ground 

 as stores for purposes of future development, and that, therefore, at the close of 20 

 years there will probably be ample material for supplying the demand under this 

 head. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 THE FELLINGS. 



33. The general scheme is to fell over Circle I in 20 years and Circle II 

 in 5 years, to keep No. Ill closed for this rotation, and 

 to keep open for permanent grazing Circle No. IV. Ac- 

 cording to details given in para. 27, 1,565 acres will 

 br felled over annually. From localized fellings carried out in recent years in the 

 A>mbara Range in various centres, over 384 acres, from which 4,841 poles were 

 obtained, it would appear that we are justified in estimating an average outturn 

 over the above areas of 13 poles per acre, or a total estimated outturn of 20,345 

 poles. 



It is also estimated that two tons of green fuel per acre could be obtained 

 in the event of a demand arising for this produce or a total outturn of 3,130 tons 

 annually. 



