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vent the sprouting of stumps located under the brush, although 

 occasional stumps may be so deeply covered as to smother the 

 sprouts. Usually where the coppice method is employed a 

 close utilization is possible and the tops that remain are 

 relatively small. 



Since the coppice method is a clearcutting operation, it is 

 advisable that large cutting areas be avoided to prevent 

 exposure of the site. This can be arranged by cutting in 

 alternate or progressive strips where danger of exposure makes 

 it advisable. 



Modifications of the Method. — The Polewood * Coppice 

 Method. — This method is intended for use on coppice rotations 

 of 40 years or more where a mixture of seedHng reproduction 

 is wanted with the sprouts. 



The stand is removed in two cuttings instead of the one 

 clearcutting ordinarily employed with coppice. The first 

 cutting is designed to establish seedling reproduction and is 

 in the nature of a seed cutting. It removes the same classes 

 of trees as the seed cutting under the shelterwood method, 

 namely: 



Diseased and defective trees. 

 Overtopped trees. 



Trees with overdeveloped and spreading crowns. 

 Slender small crowned trees Hable to be windthrown and 

 those of undesirable species. 



Approximately 30 to 60 per cent of the volume of the stand 

 would be taken out in this first cutting. The per cent to be 

 cut depends primarily upon the proportion of the area upon 

 which seedling reproduction is needed. In the average mixed 

 hardwood stand (which is the type where coppice is most com- 



* First named and described by Henry S. Graves in "Principles of Handling 

 Woodlands." 



