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FORESTRY IN NEW ENGL.\ND 



As the old trees are removed seedlings gradually take their place. 

 By this method no area is ever cut clean, and for that reason it 

 appeals to those interested in the woods mainly for aesthetic 

 reasons. It is so well known that with many it stands, un- 

 fortunately, for the whole of forestry, with ill-advised legisla- 

 tion in some localities imposing a minimum diameter limit for 

 cuttings. As forestry develops in this country the selection 

 forest will gradually be supplanted by even-aged stands managed 



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Fig. 3. — The selection system in a stand of spruce and hardwoods. 



I. First cutting.' 

 II. Ten years later. Reproduction has started in the openings, and the stand is marked 

 for a second cutting. 



' In this and succeeding diagrams, trees to be cut are indicated by dashes. 



under one of the other systems. In the application of this 

 system the whole stand may be cut through every year, or the 

 stand is divided into blocks each of which is cut over periodically. 

 In this case the interval between cuts is called the cutting cycle. 

 Under ideal conditions this would be about ten years. Care 

 must be taken always that trees of all ages be maintained, other- 



