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coppice is aimed at with Hal on a long rotation as already explained 

 in discussing the G-orakhpur system, this consideration does not 



hold good. 



The yield is invariably regulated by area. Bediiced equi- 

 productive areas will be used, where necessary. 



Example- 



Gorakhpur Working Plan 6i 



Working Circle no. I (a) 



The cal- 

 culation 

 of the 

 yield. 



An estimate of the outturn in timber and fuel will be given. 

 This information is indispensable for the calculation of the rotation 

 and is easily obtained from the records of past fellings or from 

 yield tables. 



Where the crop is sold standing, the coupe of the year is divided The ccn- 

 sale plots each of a suitable size to comprise one sale lot at the ~"( f "^ 

 annual auctions. These plots are marked on the ground and the 

 crop is then enumerated in the standard diameter classes and the 

 results entered in the sale list. If possible the contractor should 

 be required as a condition of sale to cut everything on the plot 

 with stumps " 4" 6" " above the ground level subject to a penalty 

 for not doing so. If this is not expedient, then immediately the 

 contractors' work is over on 15th April the trees not felled by the 

 contractor must be cut departmentally and the stumps put in order. 

 Fi'llings may continue any time after 1st August, but in many 



" Working "Plan for Gorakhpur division MARRIOTT. 



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