CONTEXTS 



Pasre. 



Introduction 5 



The woodland of southern New England 5 



Condition of the forest 7 



Forestry for southern New England 9 



Improvement cuttings 9 



In regular, even-aged woods 10 



In irregular, uneven-aged woods 12 



Reproduction cuttings 13 



The selection method 13 



The sprout method 14 



Method of successive thinnings 15 



MetViods of seedling reproduction after clear cutting 17 



Marking for cuttings 19 



Planting 19 



Pruning 20 



Protection of the woods 21 



Fire 21 



Grazing 22 



Insects 22 



Wind 23 



The practicability of forestry 23 



The problem in detail 27 



Explanation of diagrams 27 



Thirty examples of typical cuttings 29 



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