RUGUI^ATION OF CUT 



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C. Area Methods. 



I . Fixed Yearly Cut. 



a. In Coppice. 



Let Fig. represent forty acres of \^'ooc]s. 



}iIetho(l: Coppice. 



Rotation : Twenty years. 



Also assume that it is advisal)le^, i. e., not too ■'.vasteful to start 

 cutting in cutting area Xo. i ; next year in Xo. 2, etc., to Xo. 20. 

 Regulation then simply divides this forty acres into twenty equal 

 ])arts or twenty cutting areas, of two acres each, and plans to cut 

 one of these everv year. 



Fir.uKE 9. Diagram illustrating the Fixed Yearly Cut in Coppice. The 

 40-acro lot is divided into 20 equal or equivalent pieces, and one piece is cut 

 each year, preventing all over-cutting and ass'Uring proper age class condi- 

 tions and maintenance of the adopted rotation. 



In actual practice these areas may be monuniented to -save the 

 trouble of re-survey, and assure greater accuracy. 



If this plan is followed, the small, coppice woods will be regu- 

 lated in twenty years, and this regulation will have accomplished the 

 usual objects; it will have: 



Secured an equal yearly cut. 



Perfect regularity of Age Classes. 



A normal Growing Stock. 



^laintenance of the twentv-vear Rotation. 



