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PRACTICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT. 



Order of 



the 



fellings. 



Subaidi- 

 ary 



ailvicul- 

 turat 

 regula- 

 tions. 



Where the yield is prescribed in volume the order of the 

 fellings will be suggested ; the Divisional Forest Officer has a 

 free hand to fell when and where he considers this moat desirable 

 so that he can return to any compartment at any time should 

 this be necessitated by any unforeseen circumstance such as fire 

 or drought. Normally once a compartment is taken up this 

 should be completely finished and the fellings pass on in an 

 orderly manner through the whole working circle. Where the 

 yield is regulated by area a fixed felling cycle and fixed annual 

 coupes are laid down and a table of fellings drawn up. 



These must be carried out to such extent as local circumstan- 

 ces require. They will follow on the whole the same lines as 

 laid down for the same species under management as regular high 

 forest and the intensiveness of the work done will vary with the 

 value of the crop. In the ordinary protection forest of the outer 

 hills where the quality is generally poor and the fellings light, 

 little or no benefit results from the cultural operations at present 

 carried out and it is a matter for consideration whether in such 

 working circles this work is not better left in abeyance and 

 attention and funds concentrated on the far more valuable sal 

 forests managed under the shelterwood system. 





