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reasons, were definitely determined. A few statements of results 

 will illustrate the value of the quadrat method in this connection. 

 Following the first year of cutting it was found that all but 

 /TC'O 10 ft. unit areas in sub-plot A (Fig. 3) contained new sprouts, 

 there being 69.33 and 82.22 in June and in August respectively, 

 in the first growing season following depopulation. Of this num- 

 ber 86.7 per cent and 76.2 per cent, respectively, survived through 

 the season, though 31.6 per cent in the case of the stand in evi- 



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 30 



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96 



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Stump over three inches D.I. B. Stump less than three inches 

 Sprout 5 Symphoracarpus 



@ Deod -Stump B Branched -Sprout 



Fig. 4.- 



Chart showing detail involved in locating stumps and sprouts on 

 one of the fifteen 10 ft. unit areas of sub-plot A. 



