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At first, especially on level "ground and easy sloj^es, these Cut- 

 ting- Series were made large, often of five and more lots, and there 

 was devised by Reuss a regular form of arrangement for them. The 

 older Cutting Series were so large that they required the greater 

 part of, or the entire Rotation to cut over. 



Figure ,3. Division into Lots and Cutting Series, showing the old or 

 "Normal" form of Distribution of old and young stands in the Forest. Lots 

 1-5 in the upper tier, form one cutting series for a. 100 year rotation, the plan 

 being to cut one lot every 20 years. The cutting series is surrounded by a 

 broader line (30 feet) so that a forest border can form, and thus it becomes 

 quite independent of the surrounding -woods. Schematic, and conditions as 

 they .s-hould be at begin of rotation, in this case, once every lOO years. 



In the diagram, Figs. 3 and 4, illustrating the old and also the 

 Reuss pattern the Cutting- Series in Fig. 3 has five compartments. 

 If the timber is worked on a 100-year Rotation, and has five Age 

 Classes, a cut is made every ten years to give reproduction a chance. 

 Tlien the forester cuts ^A of Xo. 5, and plants ; in ten years he cuts 

 second half of Xo. 5, etc. In this way the Cutting Series is just 



