PAET II. 



FUTURE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSED AND PRESCRIBED. 



BASIS or PROPOSALS. 

 SO. Working Circles how composed; reasons for their formation. 



All the forest will ba treated under one sylvicultural system, and the 

 produce removed to one centre Sirsi. The area is small and will form one 

 Working Circle only. 



31. Justification of sub-divisions adopted. f 



Sufficient forest has been included to meet the demand of Sirsi Town for 

 small timber and firewood. The area is 8,228 acres. The rotation has been 

 fixed at 60 years, which gives a yearly felling area of 137 acres. 



To obtain coupes of convenient size and to promote competition 4 blocks 

 have been formed. The 4 annual coupes will average 31'2 acres each. 



32. Analysis of the crop; method of valuation employed. 



By comparison with similar forests the estimated yield of firewood is 

 10 tons per acre of good forests, and 4 tons per acre of poor forest. The area 

 of good forest is 7,213 acres and of poor forest 1,015 acres. Over the total 

 annual felling area of 137 acres the yield of firewood will approximate 

 1,300 tons. 



23. Object sought to be attained. 



The object of the plan is to supply a cheap supply of firewood and small 

 timber for Sirsi Town and its suburbs. 



Hitherto considerable quantities of timber and firewood have been removed 

 annually from lands given out for cultivation. This source of supply is, 

 however, diminishing. Besides firewood issued on permit, large quantities, 

 including much manufactured doadwood, are removed illicitly on headloads 

 for sale. It is obvious that the demands made by such a large town as Sirsi 

 cannot properly be met by supplies taken in accordance with the Kanara 

 Forest Privilege Rules. A regular system of working is necessary to ensure 

 the future existence of the forests, and to provide the people with a permanent 

 supply of firewood close to their doors. 



34. Method of treatment adopted. 



The forests could be worked equally well either as Coppice with Standards 

 or as simple Coppice. From a sylvicultural point of view standards are not 

 necessaiy, but to meet the demand for small timber a few trees per acre will 

 be reserved. 



25. The exploitable age. 



The results of the examination of test trees are given in Appendix (<?). 

 The rate of growth is considerably slower than that of the same species in 

 Ankola, Kumta and other belovv-ghat forests, where the rainfall is heavier, 

 and the conditions generally more tropical. For the latter the rotation has 

 been fixed at 50 years, but for this plan it will be 60 years. 



The average size of the 4 principal species at 60 years is : 



Species. Diameter in inches, 



Kindal ... ... ... ... 9-12 



Nandi ... ... ... ... 8-20 



Jamba ... ... ... ... 8-04 



Matti ... ... ... 7-60 



Average ... 8 - 24 

 This will be a suitable size for conversion into firewood. 



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