176 PRACTICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT. 



These small felling areas permit of closer supervision and result in. 

 better revenue. Similarly with the overwood this should be 

 divided into suitable felling series of say 20 to 30 coupes, each 

 series being arranged to supply a particular market or railway 



station. 

 Ihe yield. In the case of the bamboos the yield is entirely regulated by 



area. In that of the overwood, with a rotation of 80 years and a 

 felling cycle of 20 years fellings should pass over thte whole areas 

 in 20 years. For a correct treatment of standards in a coppice 

 chapter XI should be seen. 



The This only concerns the overwood which during the first felling 



fellings. C y C \ Q [ 3 to be put into the condition of standards in a coppice due 

 regard being paid to the normal distribution of the age classes. 

 The rest of the growing stock not reserved as standards will be 

 coppiced. The only exception to this is where good patches of 

 sal occur in the state of high forest and in such cases the ordinary 

 rules of good silviculture in a selection forest will apply. The 

 location of these most important patches is given in the descrip- 

 tion of compartments. 



I. Felling rules for the patches of sal high forest 



(1) Where the crop is mature and regeneration required, the 



canopy will be opened to obtain young growth in groups 

 of sufficient size. 



(2) Where mature trees are standing over a young crop they 



should be removed in selection. 



(3) All bad trees not required for seed should be marked and 



all dead and dying trees removed. 



(4) Pole crops should be thinned in the upper storey to give 



room to the best stems to develop. 



(5) The removal of suppressed poles or trees is a matter of no 



silvicultural importance ; if not required to cover the 

 ground they may be felled at the marking officer's 

 discretion ; they form part of the intermediate yield the 

 realisation of which is desirable ; in several places they 

 can be sold as firewood. 



