12 REPRODUCTION METHODS 



this leads to the origin of quite definite reproduction methods 

 worked out in detail and based on local practice which may 

 be advanced as original and advocated for general adoption. 

 Under close examination such methods prove to be mere 

 modifications of the few standard reproduction methods and 

 not as applicable for general use as the standard methods. 



Combinations of several reproduction methods within the 

 same stand are common practice in treating the irregular 

 unmanaged forests which are the rule to-day Eventually 

 only one method will be applied within a single stand be- 

 cause each method produces distinctive results and recog- 

 nizable differences in the character of the forest, which make 

 it advisable to have stand boundaries coincide with variations 

 in reproduction methods. 



Field Identification of Reproduction Methods. — Since 

 local adaptations of reproduction methods are developed 

 wherever silvicultural practice is applied, difficulty frequently 

 is experienced in determining under what standard method a 

 given series of reproduction cuttings should be classed. 



Identification in the forest of the reproduction methods is 

 particularly puzzling in a country where all forestry practice 

 has taken place within the last twenty years and most of it 

 within the last ten. A field inspection of the cuttings to- 

 gether with information about the matters listed below should 

 make possible a correct decision as to the reproduction method. 

 Information should be obtained as to: 



(a) The form of forest which will be produced under the 

 method of cutting in operation. Certain reproduction meth- 

 ods result in the maintenance of even-aged stands; others 

 produce irregular or uneven-aged stands. 



(b) Character of the present cutting. There are such ob- 

 vious differences in character of the reproduction cuttings 

 between many of the methods that a field inspection sheds 



