that by the time the final cutting is made at age 

 100 years the ground will be well covered with 

 desirable reproduction. Since the purpose of a 

 reproduction cutting is quite different from that 

 of an improvement cutting, namely: 1. to secure 

 a profit; and 2, to secure reproduction, trees are 

 left in this case for seed purposes rather than 

 for increased growth. 



In closing this discussion of the plan of man- 

 agement of a typical second growth forest we 

 wish to point out the present tendency among 

 foresters toward mixed rather than pure forests. 

 Soil authorities point out that a mixture of hard- 

 wood leaves with the evergreen needles is very 

 valuable in enriching the soil, and the character 

 of the timber raised in a mixed forest appears 

 to be correspondingly better than in a forest of 

 one kind of tree. No effort will be made there- 

 fore to secure pure stands except on limited 

 areas. 



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