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lock is such a slow-growing tree and has so low a lumber value 

 that it is less profitable than the hardwoods. Under certain cir- 

 cumstances, as on steep, poor soiled, but cool sites, hemlock may 

 be as profitable as any hardwood, for it may there produce 

 lumber while the hardwoods would only yield cordwood. It 

 also makes an ideal protection forest, and is often desirable from 

 the aesthetic standpoint. 



By permission of the Connecticut Stale Forester. 



Fig. 135. — A reproduction cutting (Shelterwood system) in a stand of mixed hardwoods 



On the better soils of the type and where neither the protec- 

 tive nor aesthetic value of the forest needs special consideration 

 the stand should be cut clear, taking out all young hemlock with 

 particular care. The area occupied by the hemlock and by 

 hardwoods which fail to sprout should at once be planted to 

 pines. This will result in a stand containing a large percentage 

 of pine. 



3. Hardwood Swamp. — Both the simple coppice and the 

 polewood sprout system are useful in managing this type. In 



