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small and close together, ideal conditions for a certain, rapid 

 and well formed second crop exist. 



The thinner the original redwood stand, the greater the 

 effort necessary at the time of logging to obtain the required 

 density. The leaving of seed trees of other species, with as 

 many as possible small trees of both redwood and other spe- 

 cies and the maximum protection of all from fire, should then 

 be the means employed. On some tracts the proportion of 

 redwood will not warrant this effort; on some it is not even 

 required. The question of whether it pays to hold redwood 

 land is therefore almost wholly local, but when conditions are 

 favorable it can be answered affirmatively, because of the ex- 

 tremely rapid growth, with less doubt than of almost any 

 other species. 



There is some tendency to over-production of sprouts by 

 redwood stumps. Eemoval of the excess with an ax, saving 

 those closest to the ground and not over-thinning to the ex- 

 tent of reducing the density conducive to height growth and 

 shedding of low branches, improves the chances of those 

 remaining. 



SEEDING AND PLANTING 

 Seed Supply 



It has been shown in a previous chapter that the owner of 

 deforested land who desires to secure a second crop may 

 find it necessary or cheaper to adopt artificial measures wholly 

 or in part instead of depending upon natural reproduction. 

 These measures may be of two kinds direct seeding, in 

 which the seed is sown where the trees are to stand perma- 

 nently, and the planting of trees grown in nurseries. 



Whether artificial reforestation is accomplished by means 

 of sowing seed or planting trees, the first requisite is a sup- 

 ply of tree seed of the desired species and of good quality. 

 Unfortunately for the timber owner who wishes to enter 

 upon extensile seeding operations, the business of collecting 

 and preparing forest tree seed for market has received but 



