SALVAGE CUTTINGS 



As the name implies, these cuttings are made 

 simply to salvage material which would other- 

 wise go to waste. The only cuttings made s ; nce 

 State acquisition have been of this nature. Over 

 6,000 fence posts and 4,000 fence rails have been 

 sold from the dead chestnut and a contract has 

 been made for the remaining ties. Permits are 

 given to local people to cut ten cords of dead 

 wood, under the direction of the district forester, 

 for family use, but there have been few applica- 

 tions since most people of the neighborhood own 

 their own woods. 



IMPROVEMENT THINNINGS 



In many parts of this forest there are clumps 

 of pine or hemlock seedlings which are beine 

 seriously damaged by gray birch, soft maple and 

 other inferior hardwoods of approximately the 

 same age. These weed trees should be cut off 

 during the summer months when they are less 

 likely to resprout. They can be cut while small 

 with a brush hook or machete at slight cost. A 

 thinning of this kind to regulate the mixture in 

 the future forest is called a weeding or cleaning. 

 Similar weedings may be made in young hard- 

 woods to increase the proportion of valuable 

 species. Such weedings are made before the 

 material cut is of any value and are therefore 

 somewhat different from improvement thinnings 

 proper which yield low grade material and hence 

 some income. 



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