CONTENTS 



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Chapter ^'. — The Coppice Svs 



Simple coppice 



Age of cutting 



Season of cutting 



Care in cutting 



The cutting . 



Maintenance of densit)' 



Arrangement of cutting 

 Holding over reser\'es .... 



Pole-wood coppice .... 



l.^se in the hardwood region of the J'.a.st 

 The reproduction cuttings 

 The second cutting 



Coppice with standards 



Chapter W. — Improvement of thi: I'orest 

 Improxement cuttings . 

 Cleanings . 

 Liberation cuttings 

 Thinnings . 



Need of thinnings 



Results of thinnings 



Theory of thinnings 



Principles go\'erning the se\erity of thin 



Time of first thinning 



Repetition of thinnings 



Application in Europe 



The French method 



Practical application of thinnings in 

 country 

 Accretion cuttings 

 ]mpro\'ement work in irregular stands 



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