104 METHODS OF TREATMENT 



four blocks of 50 acres each, and that the rotation chosen is 

 twenty years, the work being carried out as already described. 

 The average annual cut will be ten acres, so that the whole 

 area will be worked over once in twenty years. 



Then the first cut is made in block i 

 second 2 



ii third 3 



fourth 4 



fifth i 



and so on. 



Thus in any year three blocks are left entirely alone and 

 work goes on in one only. Arrangements should be made 

 to have this block shot over early in the season before the 

 forest operations commence. 



At the end of twenty years, block i will contain 10 acres 

 each of woods 20, 16, 12, 8 5 and 4 years old. 



Block 2 will contain woods 19, 15, n, 7, 3. 

 Block 3 18, 14, 10, 6, 2. 



Block 4 17, 13, 9, 5, i. 



Thus each block will have old, middle-aged, and young 

 coppice and will give excellent cover. Shelter belts should be 

 left on the north and east sides to keep off cold winds, and 

 the cuttings should proceed against the prevailing wind direc- 

 tion, usually therefore from north-east towards the south-west. 

 By doing this young shoots and standards will be protected 

 from wind by the uncut wood to the windward side. 



This method can easily be made to suit all woods, whatever 

 their size or arrangement. It matters not whether all the woods 

 are in one large block, in which case they can be divided into 

 four or more moderate-sized parts, each worked as above as if 

 it were a separate block ; or whether they consist of a large 

 number of small blocks, in which case two or more can be 

 grouped together for the arrangement of the cuttings. 



