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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN NO. 484. 



In spite of the large size of some of the trees, the product of the 

 first cutting will probably be chiefly cordwood, as the large trees in 

 such lots are often hollow at the center. If they prove to be sound, 

 and a mill is accessible, they would, of course, be put into logs for 

 sawing. On this lot the actual product of such a cutting as the one 

 just described was 20 cords of cordwood and 2,800 board feet of logs 

 per acre, the whole equivalent to about 25 cords of cordwood. 



If the stand remaining can fairly be described as a selection forest, 

 that is, if all ages and sizes within the rotation and diameter limit 

 adopted are sufficiently represented, management ma}' be continued 

 as it was begun on the selection system. 



This was the case in the lot now under consideration, as is shown in 

 the following table. 



Stand at North Berwick, Me., typical of an unmanaged or natural-selection 



forest. 





Number of trees per acre 



alive. 





Diameter breast high. 



Before 



cutting. 



After 

 cutting. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19 



Inches. 



79 

 98 



87 



48 



41 



33 



31 



23 



18 



12 



10 



7 



7 



4 



(') 



1 



2 



0) 

 1 

 1 



1 

 (>) 



0) 



(1 



0) 



32 

 35 

 29 

 27 

 26 

 21 

 17 

 23 

 19 

 10 

 8 

 6 

 3 

 2 

 2 



































0) 







20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 

 31. 

















































(>) 





Total i 





579 

 4 



260 

 1 



Total stand 



5X3 

 177 



261 

 67 



1 and 2 inches 



Over 2 inches 



406 



194 





1 Less than one tree per acre of size indicated. 



Note. — First cutting made to a diameter limit of approximately 12 to 14 inches, which was not strictly 

 enforced. Stand also thinned at the same time to remove dead, dying, defective, and suppressed trees. 

 Red oak eliminated. 



