74 Forests and Trees 



rounding growth, they will also suffer by windfall. To 

 prevent this they are either left in blocks sufficiently large 

 to protect themselves, or in places where they are naturally 

 protected by other means. 



It is also a part of careful cutting of timber to have all 

 trees cut by the saw and the stumps left low. No stump 

 should be more than eighteen inches high. Then too, the 

 least possible injury should be done to the young growth, 

 and all the timber cut should, as far as possible, be used. 

 What will not furnish saw timber should be taken away for 

 fuel, and all brush and other refuse should be piled and 

 burned at a time when the fire cannot spread. 



In European countries these regulations are easily en- 

 forced. The forests are so close to centres of population 

 that every part of the tree can be profitably disposed of, 

 and even the smallest branches will be taken away. In 

 Canada, owing to the greater amount of forest and the 

 more scattered population, the disposal of waste will be 

 less economic. Much timber, which could be used if there 

 were people to use it, will of necessity have to be burned. 

 The practice of just trimming the .trees, so that all the 

 branches fall on the ground, is no longer regarded as a 

 satisfactory disposal of brush. Decay in the Canadian 

 woods is not rapid enough for this to be a sufficient safe- 

 guard against fire. 



If a forest is to furnish a continual supply of timber, 

 care must be taken to keep a constant supply of young 

 growing trees. A well-stocked forest properly managed 

 will usually seed itself. The open spaces left by removal 



