removed within 6 or 7 years after the cutting, it io alaiost 

 InpoBslble to do so and oonseruontly the trees must bo laft as 

 standards over two rotations or rany ba taken out rrith some of 

 tho letter thinnings in tho second crop when ita trees are ap- 

 proximately the seme height as -'jho standards, and ere thoraforo 

 not claraagod much. I am now "of tho opinion that such a nethod 

 is the practical one vrlth us, scattered seed trees left which 

 are to "be capable of lasting for f. second out in, flay, 150 years, 

 said trees not to "be too thick, especially in pine, "or great 

 dcjar.ge v/lll be caused by suppression to young trees, TThat I 

 sou later in Sv/itzerland In the selection system (for vraterohed 

 protection) and India may change this. 



Another great lesson learned here is tho value of a 

 forest - noor. A Gormen consider* any fdrest oeoond-class which 

 sho\7s any grass underneath. Underbrush, of course, is entirely 

 lacking. I might say that a luxurious groxrth of grass and woods 

 appears vftonevor the stand is opened up, but so injurious is this 

 hold co be that tho ZTorcotor t/ill 30 to groat or^onso in planting 

 an undervrood of beeoh under intolerant plno and oak r.hich, of 

 course, lets considerable light -through. 5?ho result is magni- 

 ficent trro-storied forosto with good gror/th. 



Planting here is often ohoap. In light candy soil it 

 can be dond for 2-mcrks, or 5t cents, par ."thousand seedlings. 

 HovTovor, 8,000 plants c.ro often Set out per core in 'fact, 

 this 16 the usual nunbor in'pino. Ono-year doot'.lings , not trans 

 plants, are'nost often used. Spruce is 3, 4. or 6 years old; 

 Douglas I-'ir, E years,' Beech is usually planted between pine to 

 servo as ground cover, as noted above. 



At Trippstadt I saw the oldest stands of 7/hlto Pine' 

 (Strobus) in Germany, The largest tree is 09-CM in diaraoter. 

 This stand has already boon out end regenerated. Rotation is 

 120 years for this species. It is being loolced on tTith ncre 

 and more favor, as It covers the ground nuoh better than Scotch 

 Pine, TThich is the native hero. It gives such n c;ood crop of 

 needles and 'holds moisture so ;reU that one ?oreoter I was v/ith 

 at the time, tho had not seen the stand before, \ront wild v;ith 

 enthuoiasm, and a couple of 'thorn talked at triphammer rate for 

 half an hour on the sublet. It is interesting to note that 

 sholtorwood system has boon used also, clthou^i In thoir ov.- 

 native pine it is only in tho esrerloentel stage. Their chief 

 difficulty vdth tho troe at present is the srle of the procuot 

 of thinnings. Kuoh of the native pine is sold as raining ^iBhora, 

 but "Strobus" is eomevf::ct vrecber and the miners rill not buy it. 



