48 THE WOODLOT. 



FIGURE 10. 

 Diagram of Stand in Middlesex County, Mass. 



Mixed White Pine and Oak. Diameters, 5 to 8 inches; heights, 30 to 35 feet; age, 

 30 to 40 years. This stand furnishes a good example of the common need for cutting 

 both in the dominant and the subordinate classes of trees. Of dead, suppressed, or 

 partially suppressed trees, the best of which are already succumbing to the main 

 crop, White Pines 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8 and White Oaks 1 and 2 are cut to relieve the 

 leading individuals beside them and to utilize the wood before it decays. Of the 

 dominant trees. Red Maple 1, a comparatively inferior species, is cut because it is 

 beginning to overtop White Pines 6 and 7, both thrifty trees, and together more 

 valuable than the Maple. The decision in such cases must depend on the relative 

 health and value of the upper and lower trees. 



