285, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 



Plate XIV. 



Fig. 1.— Partial Cutting in Old-Growth Hardwoods. McKean County, Pa. 



Too much of the stand was taken, and the slender trees left were bent or uprooted by snow 

 and ice the following winter. Either more trees should have been left or the stand should 

 have been clear cut, as in fig. 2. 



Fig. 2.— Clear Cutting in Second-Growth Hardwoods. Catskill Mountains, N. Y. 



TWO WAYS OF CUTTING NORTHERN HARDWOODS FOR CHEMICAL 



DISTILLATION. 





