CONTENTS 



Reserving groups of seed-trees 

 Reserving thrifty standards 

 Clear-cutting in two or mure operations 

 Alternate cleared strips . 

 Irregular cleared strips . 

 Progressive cleared strips 

 Use in this country 

 Clear-cutting in patches 



Chapter IV. — The Shelterwood System 



Underlying principles of the shelterwood system 



Advantages of the system 



Disadvantages of the system . 



Variation in application 

 Primitive application of the system 

 Application in the longleaf pine forests 



The first or seed-cutting 



The second cutting 



Results .... 



Application in the Black Mills 



The first cutting . 



The second cutting 

 Progress in the development of the shelte 

 system ....... 



Intensive application of the shelterwood syste 

 Shelterwood system with uniform cuttings 



The preparatory cuttings 



The seed-cutting . 

 The removal cuttings 

 Shelterwood cuttings in strips 

 Shelterwood cuttings in groups 

 The two-storied system 



