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The Maiiayement of the Harvard Forest 

 1909-19. By Richard T. Fisher. Har- 

 vard Forest Bui. No. i. Harvard Univer- 

 sity Press. 1921. Pp. 27. Figs. 20. Maps 3. 

 Every one interested in technical forestry 

 who has not a copy of this splendid record 

 of achievement in actual forest manage- 

 ment, should at once send for a copy. 

 Mr. Fisher, with characteristic modesty, 

 has set forth briefly but most readably the 

 results of ten years of management of the 

 Harvard Forest. It is stimulating and en- 

 couraging. 



Beginning with the objects of manage- 

 ment of this two thousand acre tract in 

 north-central Massachusetts, the bulletin 

 traces the composition and history of the 

 forests of this typical Xcw England re- 

 gion. When the Harvard Forest was first 

 put under management the stand was al- 

 most entirely second growth and under 

 seventy years of age. It was 95 per cent 

 even-aged, having originated on cleared or 

 cut-over land. 



Aided by constantly improving markets, 

 which enabled complete utilization, the 

 management has been very intensive. From 

 a growing stock of 10.500,000 board feet in 

 1908 and an increment of 250,000 board 

 feet, the forest has been built up by a 

 sustained yield equal to the increment, to 

 a present growing stock of 12,435,000 board 

 feet with an annual growth of 380,000 board 

 feet. All cut-over areas have been suc- 

 cessfully reproduced. The results of the 

 varied methods of cutting employed show 

 that it is possible to bring about reproduc- 

 tion by almost any system of gradual re- 

 moval. The two-cut shelterwood has come 

 to be adopted for reproducing the pine 

 type the first cutting is in the nature of a 

 heavy "thinning," the second is a clear 

 cutting. 



The slash is piled and burned, usually as 

 the logging proceeds and all hardwood ad- 

 vance growth is cut close to the ground 

 and in advance of the logging. Then there 

 is early weeding or cleaning of the young 

 stand beginning in the fourth year after 

 tutting. Besides this there have been re- 

 lease and improvement cuttings in the im- 

 mature stands and a total planting of 57 

 acres with a great variety of stock. 



A feature of the logging and milling is 

 that of yarding the logs to a central mill 

 site. This is more costly, but well worth 

 while in forests under continuous manage- 

 ment. 

 Costs and returns show total charges of 



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