Bui. 285, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate XIV. 



Fig. 1.— Partial Cutting in Old-Growth Hardwoods. McKean County, Pa. 



Too much of the stand was taken, and the slender trees left were bent or uprooted by snow 

 and ice the following- winter. Either more trees should have been left or the stand should 

 have been clear cut, as in fig. 2. 



Fig. 2.— Clear Cutting in Second-Growth Hardwoods. Catskill Mountains, N. Y. 



TWO WAYS OF CUTTING NORTHERN HARDWOODS FOR CHEMICAL 



DISTILLATION. 



