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(Hi) Locating the fellings.— 'Eot locating the fellings, 

 Tules hate been formulated which are to be found in most 

 works OQ sylviculture. These rules, although theoretically 

 occupying "an important place in organised forest working, 

 are not, liowever, always applicable, especially in the case 

 of irregular forests worked by the selection method. They 

 may be stated as follows : — 



(1) The fellings should be adjacent and succeed one 



another in the order io which made, and 

 should have the most regular form possible. 



(2) Tliey should, be so located that the produce of an 



area in course of exploitation need not be 

 carried through, the young crops in the portions 

 of the forest recently felled. 



(3) They should proceed from the side least exposed 



in a direction contrary to that of the prevail- 

 ing dangerous winds., 



(4) On steep slopes the fellings should be commenced 



at the bottom. 



(5) In hill forests the coupes should be long and 



narrow in form, and have their longest sides 

 perpendicular to the direction of the danger- 

 ous winds. 



{iv) Nature of the fellings. — The nature of the fellings, 

 to be made depends on the permauent or temporary method 

 of treatment, and may be explained by a single term. A 

 list of the various fellings has already been given in connec- 

 tion with the methods of treatment. But, in the irregular 

 condition of the forests in this country and owing to the 

 want of well-known methods of cultural treatment applic- 

 able to them, it is always well to indicate briefly the more 

 important points connected with the application of the 

 fellings. Tids may be done by a few remarks in the state- 

 ment of fellings itself, or in a separate note ; or the detailed 

 descriptions of the forest may be referred to, and such 

 suggestions as are likely to prove useful to the executive 

 ojBBcers may be entered in the remarks column of the state- 

 ment for each compartment or block. 



(») Material to he removed. — The pOFsibilrly, as calcu- 

 lated by one or other of the methods to be explained hereafter, 

 should be prescribed for the length of time for which the 



