82 THE WOODLOT. 



FIGURE 27. 

 Diagram of Staxd ix Berkshire Couxty, Mass. 



Overmature Sugar bush in need of reproduction, wliich has so far been kept out by 

 grazing. Diameters, 8 to 24 inches; heights, 50 to 70 feet. The intention is to 

 reproduce the wood without destroying its appearance, which can be done easily 

 with such shade-enduring trees as Sugar ^Maple and Beech. The immediate treat- 

 ment should be to exclude the cattle, and slightly open up the stand by removing 

 the suppressed and declining trees. Maples 2, 4, 5, 7, and 9 and Beech 1 should be 

 cut. All of these are either dying in the tops, badly injured by the maple borer, or 

 too suppressed for recovery. The increased light let in by their removal Avill stimu- 

 late seedling growth, which will then be ready to replace the old trees as they decline. 



