96 THE PRINCIPLES OF HANDLING WOODLANDS 



example, a private owner has patches of matured trees of 

 a few acres each, much the simplest plan is to clear-cut 

 and replant. An example of this condition is found in 

 the lands owned by the New Haven Water Company, 

 and operated by the Yale Forest School. An area of 2 

 acres of old hardwood timber was cut clear and restocked 

 artificially with white pine. The total cost of planting 

 was about $16. The ground had run wild, and it would 

 have been impossible to secure anything more than a 

 meager stand of hardwoods through natural reproduc- 

 tion. In 40 years the resulting stand of hardwoods would 

 have yielded about 20 cords per acre, with perhaps 10 

 per cent, of the material suitable for ties, and a money 

 value of perhaps $30 per acre. A pine plantation will 

 yield in 40 years material worth at least $150 per acre. 

 Such an investment is worth while for a permanent 

 concern like a water company. 



In many woodlots there are stands composed of poor 

 species, or of trees of poor form and quality. Where 

 the material can be utilized, the best system of forestry is 

 to clear-cut such stands and replace them artificially by a 

 new growth of valuable species. 



As the knowledge of tree planting progresses, and as 

 private owners can secure seed and young trees at reason- 

 able rates, clear-cutting with artificial reproduction will be 

 used more and more. 



Clear-Cutting the Whole Stand. Under this method 

 a whole stand is cut clear and the area restocked arti- 

 ficially. It is the method of clear-cutting which will be 



