THE ANNUAL COUPE. 



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will again be dealt with further on. For the present it is 

 assumed, that the quality of locality is the same throughout. 



Frequently, a number of age gradations are thrown together 

 into an age class. The following questions thus arise : — 

 (1.) What is the area to be cut annually under the different 



methods of treatment ? 

 (2.) What is the size, or extent, of the age classes ? and 

 (3.) How should the age classes be distributed over the 

 forest ? 



AGE, IX YEARS. 

 Fisr. 46. 



1. The Annual Coupe, or the Area to he eut Annually. 



This differs according to the method of treatment. (For a 

 description of the latter, see page 89 of Volume II. third 

 edition.) 



a. Coppice and Coppice with Standards. 



The annual coupe is determined by dividing the total area 

 of the forest, or working section, by the number of years in 

 the rotation, under which the coppice is worked. 



