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 tioned uses or are not needed toy them, should be managed to sup- 

 ply the current and future need for the medium and low grades of 

 timber. It is worthy of note that to many reoreationists a lum- 

 bering operation, with its oamp and mill, is of absorbing interest 

 and attraction. The operations of a well directed cutting or other 

 forestry operation may be a helpful demonstration to small forest 

 or wood lot owners, and may give the interested recreatit>nist a 

 more kindly attitude toward this branch of correct forestry practice. 



There are many kinds of cuttingswhioh are carried on in a for- 

 est, but all are directed either toward increasing the amount and 

 value of timber produced, by means of intermediate cuttings, or to- 

 ward the maintenance of the forest on the land, by means of repro- 

 duction cuttings. 



Intermediate cuttings are those which are mads in a forest at 

 any time between its establishment and its final harvest. Their 

 object is to improve the remaining stand by providing better con- 

 ditions for its growth, and by removing trees of undesirable species, 

 form and condition. The material cut seldom returns a substantia 

 profit, but may pay for the operation. Intermediate cuttings are 

 generally beneficial to all the uses of the forest, and if wisely 

 conducted should not be restricted, except in those recreation 

 areas reserved as a wilderness. 



Reproduction cuttings may be considered here under two types, - 

 selection and clear-cutting. Other methods are either modifications 

 of the above, or are not generally applicable on State forests. The 

 selection method, as its name implies, consists in selecting for cut- 

 ting the oldest and largest trees in a stand. These may occur singly 



