184 THE PRINCIPLES OF HANDLING WOODLANDS 



The presence of young chestnut sprouts here and 

 there in the stand will necessitate care in taking out the 

 wood at the second cutting, in order not to injure them. 



The average well stocked stand of hardwoods 50 

 years old, in New England, yields from 25 to 30 cords 

 per acre. The first cutting removes from 6 to 12 cords. 



The Second Cutting. The final cutting may be made 

 after an interval of from 5 to 10 years. Usually, the 

 second cutting is a clearing. This is the best plan, for 

 if there were more than one final cutting, there would be 

 a great deal of damage to the sprouts in felling and 

 removing the trees left standing. In many cases, how- 

 ever, it may be desirable to leave scattered reserves to 

 remain during a second rotation. 



' In making the seed-cutting the cost of cutting and 

 piling the wood is 5 to 10 cents per cord more than if 

 the stand were cleared. The cost of removing the wood 

 is also increased 5 to 10 per cent. The cost of marking 

 is about 3 cents per cord. The total added cost of the 

 method, including the burning of the brush, over that 

 of the old method of general clearing, is from 20 to 40 

 cents per cord for the wood taken out at the first or 

 seed-cutting. 



Coppice with Standards 



The principles of the system of coppice with reserves 

 described on page 177, may be extended still further in 

 what is known as coppice with standards (also called 

 stored, or storied, coppice). This differs from the sys- 



