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In other words, up to a fixed maximum, the annual yield is 

 determined by the area, the immediate successful regeneration of 

 which can : .>e guaranteed. 



A simpler example of application of the clearfelling system in Applica- 

 sal is afforded in the Gorakhpur division. The southern forests t jf )n * ^ 

 have been clearfelled since 1914, but as the regeneration here is pur. 

 almost entirely coppice, the scheme of working has been described 

 in Chapter X simple coppice. 



In the northern forests, as soon as a railway extension or 

 tramway has been completed (which will automatically enable the 

 potential intensive demand for small poles and fuel to operate) a 

 clearfelliug system will also be fntroduced, and as the regeneration 

 will be partly coppice and partly artificial from seed, it may con- 

 veniently be described here. The essential points are as follows : 

 Area. About 36,000 acres of sal. 

 Rotation. Sixty years, which will produce pole crops of 12* to 



13* diameter. 



Annual yield. Fixed by area. 



Area of annual coupe. Six hundred acres. Of this, it is 

 roughly estimated that 60 70 per cent, will be regenerated 

 by coppice, and the balance by artificial sowings. 

 Fellings. Everything to be clearfelled and all advance 



growth cut back. 



Gleaning and tendings Will be carried out in the young crop 

 at the ages 1, 2, 5, 10 years, and thereafter thinnings at the ages 

 20, 30, 40, 50 years. Thinnings and Improvement fellings will be 

 carried out in advance of the main fellings in coupes XI, XXI, 

 XXXI, etc., in the first year. 



XII, XXII, XXXII, etc., in the second year, and so on. 

 The thinnings 10 years before the clearfelliug will be very 

 heavy. As a point of interest, and to illustrate the intensity of the 

 demand, it may be noted that the cleanings even at ages 1 and 2 

 are saleable, at 5 and 10 years are remunerative, all thinnings are 

 very remunerative, and the clearfellings from a very indifferent 



