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1. For sustained yield, 



2. For exploitation, 



3. For protection, 



4. For aesthetic purposes, 



5. For a game preserve, 



or how far each or all of these or any other considerations are 

 to govern. 



If the forest is to be a continuously productive one, the next 

 point to decide is the class of product desired: 



1. Sawtimber, 



2. Cordwood, 



3. Mining timber, 



4. Turpentine, etc. 



It must also be decided, if the yield is to be sustained, 

 whether it is to be periodic or annual.* 



The satisfactory solution of all these questions demands a 

 thorough knowledge of forest finance and forest policy on the 

 part of the organizer. 



SiLVICULTURAL METHOD OF MANAGEMENT 



Having decided upon the unit of regulation and the object 

 of management, the organizer, in conference with owner and 

 administrator, should decide, provisionally, upon the silvi- 

 cultural method of management; for the method of regulating 

 the cut varies with the silvicultural system chosen. 



The first point to determine is whether the forest is to be 

 managed as: 



High forest, i.e., a forest originating from seed; 

 Coppice, i.e., a forest in which reproduction is secured by 

 sprouts; 

 or Coppice with standards, i.e., a forest in which seed- 

 Hng trees or selected sprouts (standards) are main- 

 tained above the coppice or sprouts; 



* For excellent comparison of properties with yearly and with intermittent 

 income, see Roth: " Forest Valuation," pp. 82-84. 



