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soiig ? Hence, without falling into exaggeration, we 

 need not fear a certain want of uniformity in the 

 crops, which, for all that, will not be the less 

 regular. 



PAET V. 



RULES FOR LOCATING CUTTINGS. 



To locate a cutting means to mark out the limits 

 within which a felling is to be made. It is not an 

 indifferent matter where a cutting is located, for on 

 the order observed in this operation depend to a 

 certain extent the good condition and vegetation of 

 the subsequent crops. The main point, however, is 

 to protect all kinds of reserved trees against the 

 dangerous action of winds. Thus the rules which 

 form the subject of this chapter are applicable to all 

 kinds of cuttings, whether in high forest or in cop- 

 pice. These rules may be thus enunciated : 



(i.) In the same working circle the cuttings should 

 succeed each other in their order of date, and have 

 the most regular form possible. 



(ii.) The cuttings ought to be so located that the 

 produce of an area in course of exploitation will not 

 have to be carried through portions recently cut. 



(iii.) The cuttings ought to be located so as always 

 to march against the direction of dangerous winds. 

 For France this would, as a general rule, be froml 

 north-east to south-west. J 



