EVENAGED VERSUS UNEVENAGED STANDS 



143 



Severance Cutting. — A cutting made by clearing a nar- 

 row strip along the edge of a young stand for the purpose of 

 developing a belt of windfirm trees along the border of the 

 stand. 



Pruning. — A cutting which removes branches from stand- 

 ing trees for the purpose of increasing the quality of the final 

 product. 



A detailed discussion of the various intermediate cuttings 

 will be found in the succeeding pages. 



During the life of a stand there may or may not be need of 

 applying all kinds of intermediate cuttings; but if applied 

 they are hkely to occur in the following order: 



Application in Evenaged versus Unevenaged Stands. — In 



unevenaged stands the details of applying the principles are 

 different from those employed in evenaged stands. The prac- 

 tice in the latter form of stand is the simpler and will be used 

 as the basis in discussing the different kinds of intermediate 

 cuttings except when otherwise specifically stated. In the 



