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Thus in an 80-acre lot of pine, all 50 years old, a storm or fire may 

 destroy the middle portion and necessitate its removal. This area 

 is at once replanted, and the 80-acre lot now has a 50-year old stand 

 in the North, and another 50-year old stand in the South end, with 

 a young plantation between these. In this case the forester would 



Figure 2. Eighty Acre lot with types of land and woods, Pine Hardwood, 

 and Swamps, leading to permanent Sub-lots or Stand-divisions. 



make an eflfort to get rid of this condition of three Sub-Lots, by 

 regulating the cut, and the Sub-Lots would disappear at the latest 



during second Rotation. 



The Lot (or Compartment) does three things: 

 It limits every stand of timber, etc., on the property to a piece 

 of land small enough for proper location, small enough to enable 

 its bting found without delay and extra expense. 



