44 PRACTICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT. 



average height of 19 feet by the third year, and in one area the 

 tissoo showed a phenomenal growth of 50 feet height in 7 years. 



Plate I shows quite clearly the nature of the country before 

 treatment, and the results obtained by afforestation are illustrated 

 by plates published in the annual report of the Afforestation divi- 

 sion, 1922-23, and in Forest Eecord, Vol. VII, Part VIII of 1920. 

 These pictures are more eloquent than any words and it may be 

 said without fear of contradiction that the afforestation of this 

 inhospitable waste is one of the graatest feats achieved by the 

 United Provinces Forest Department. 



In addition to the major afforestation works -in the Jumna 

 ravine country, a considerable amount of experimental work has 

 been carried out during the last few years in the afforestation of 

 waste lands included within forest boundaries under widely 

 divergent conditions of growth, and as some of this work has 

 passed the experimental stage, a brief summary may here be 

 given. 



(1) Afforestation of dry Bhabar gravel soil. 



Interesting plantations in the laatana infested areas of 

 Haldwani have been successfully created. The best results have 

 been obtained with sissoo root and shoot cuttings put out in March 

 and irrigated for 3 months. A complete crop 12 feet to 20 feet high 

 is obtained in 3 growing seasons. Unirrigated cuttings put out 

 in June have also proved successful. 



(2) Afforestation of abandoned village sites in the Bhabar. 

 Successful plantations have been made in the Eamnagar 

 (Rampur Chaor) and Haldwani (Dolpokhra) divisions by sowing 

 and planting sissoo, and a system of treatment to ensure success 

 has now been standardised for such tracts. 



(3) Afforestation of grass lands in the Tarai. 

 Some interesting large scale experiments, which promise to 

 be very successful, have been carried out in the Lalkua plantation. 



