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PRACTICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT. 



Subsi- 

 diary 

 silvicul- 

 tural 

 opera- 

 tions. 



The first 

 cleaning. 



with the register, and certify that they are correct before- 

 the purchaser's security money is refunded. 



(b) Everything except the reserved standards is to be cop- 



piced. The retention of stems below 6" diameter to form 

 part of the coppice crop as has been done in the past is a 

 mistake. These stems are generally misshapen, they 

 shade the coppice and spoil the evenness of the crop.. 

 In no case in future will anything be retained except 

 the standards. Everything else is to be coppiced. 



(c) All stems should be cut at 4" to 6" from the ground and 



no dressing of stools is necessary. 



(d) All felling and export to the lines should be completed 

 by 15th April and no extension can be tolerated under 

 any circumstances. 



(e) The purchaser is responsible for any damage done in 



felling to the reserved standards and he should be fined 

 for careless felling. 



It is often desirable to clean up the coupe after the comple- 

 tion of the exploitation by burning whatever slash remains. This 

 burning should never be severe and should be completed by 

 30th April. If necessary big slash should be collected and burnt in 

 piles and the heaps of ashes sown up with sal or haldu, the latter 

 broadcast after the break of the rains. As the growing season for 

 sal is the hot weather the burning cannot be deferred beyond this 

 date and should be finished earlier when possible. This burning 

 has been found of distinct benefit, the coppice reproduction is not 

 in the least affected, the stool shoots spring from ground level and 

 an ideal seed bed is provided for natural regeneration by seed from 

 the standards. 



A cleaning will take place in the coupe of the year after the- 

 initial felling. This has seldom or never been carried out in the 

 past and the necessity for it has been very obvious in recent 

 coupes. Ex-cellent crops have been partially spoilt by the presence 

 of the damaged and twisted coppice shoots, by standards broken 



