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lots as there are \ears in the notation. If the trees are to 

 grow twenty )ears, there will then be twenty divisions, 

 one of which is cut each \ear. After the work has been 

 in operation one rotation, there are 20 ages represented, 

 and one lot is coming to the rotation age each year. If 

 the qualit\' of site is about uniform over the whole for- 



— Distribution of Annua] Cutting; Areas in a Forest Manag-ed under 

 iimple Coppice System on a Rotation of Twenty \'ears. A Com- 



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 the S 

 munal Forest in Nnrtliern (Jermanv 



est, these lots are made about ec]ual in size. If there are 

 different types of land, with different qualities of site, 

 and hence with diil^erent yield capacities, the lots are 

 made somewhat larger on the poor soil than on the 

 good soil, so that the \ leld in material will be about 

 the same each year. The tliagram above shows a 

 German communal forest divided into 20 annual cut- 

 ting areas. 



