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THE MANAGEMENT OF WOODLANDS. 



wood In hilly tracts the boundaries will usually follow ridges, 

 valleys, and roads (Fig. 28) ; but on level land they may be set 

 out in proportion of 2 to 1, or preferably 3 to 2, with the long 

 side at right angles to the prevailing most dangerous wind 

 (Fig. 29). 



Fig. 29. 



\. A. Most dangerous wind, W.; next dangerous wind, N.W. 

 ^. Periods I., II., III., &c. Compartments 1, 2, 3, &c. 

 "^v" 



W. 



Felling 

 Direction. 



The Size of Compartments depends not only upon the total 

 area of the woodlands, the manner in which the woods are 

 scattered in blocks over an estate, the configuration of the 

 land, the nature of the crops, and the specific form of treat- 

 ment, but also upon the size of the working- circle (see below) 

 to which they belong. They are larger in compact woods 

 naturally regenerated than in small woods clear-felled and 

 replanted, and larger on level tracts than on hillsides where 



