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'forestry in new ENGLAND 



e. Clear Cutting in Strips. 

 As market conditions improve it will become feasible to cut 

 a stand clean in two or more operations instead of taking out 

 the bulk of the timber at once, as described in the clear-cutting 

 systems already considered. When this is practicable one of 

 the forms of the strip system will be of value in New England. 

 The strip system may be applied in either of two ways: i, with 

 alternate strips; 2, with progressive strips. 



Fig. 8. — The progressive strip system. 

 I. A mature stand marked for reproduction cutting. 

 II. Ten years later. The first strip is reproduced and a second : 



ready to be cut. 



I. The strips are here cut at fairly regular distances removing 

 about half the timber and leaving alternate strips uncut to seed 

 up the cleared areas. The best results are obtained where the 

 cut strips are not much wider than the height of the bordering 

 trees, although they may be three times as wide with some light- 

 seeded species. It is customary to allow several seed years to 

 pass between cuttings so that the area may be well reproduced. 

 The remaining stand can, of course, be cut clean and replanted; 

 or one of the previously described seed-tree methods may be 



