CHAPTER VIII. 





THE SHELTERWOOD SYSTEM. 



WE will now proceed to consider the details of a working 

 circle managed under this silvicultural system and to 

 describe the present technique of the system as applied to the sal, 

 deodar, chir, spruce, and silver fir. It must be understood that in 

 the case of sal, spruce, silver fir, and oak no finality has yet been 

 reached and it is probable that the technique now described will 

 undergo considerable modifications as time passes. The system 

 as applied to chir and deodar has given admirable results and will 

 hardly be improved on. The advantages of this system of 

 management have been explained in Chapter VI, but as laid down 

 in Chapter II each forest is to be considered on its merits and the 

 most suitable system of management to meet its individual 

 requirements prescribed. The standard working plan headings 

 have been taken and dealt with in order. 



In this section is described the constitution of the working 

 circle, the details of its area and the distribution of the compart- 

 ments in relation to the geography of the Forest division. The 

 principal species will be considered and the character of their 

 growth and distribution, the influence of environment on quality 

 and density of stocking, and any other details peculiar to the 

 working circle which it is necessary to mention will be dealt 

 with. 



The details of the silviculture of the tree in relation more 

 specially to its regeneration must be commented on in consider- 

 able detail. The methods of obtaining reproduction, the spacing 



the mother trees in the regeneration area, any modifications 

 of the standard system necessary in the special circumstances of 



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Constitu* 

 tion of the 

 working 

 circle und 

 character 

 of the 

 vegeta- 

 tion. 



The silvi- 

 cultural 



system. 



