Bui. 96, Forest Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate IV. 



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Fiq. 1.— Forty-Five-Year-Old Quality II Chestnut Stand Before Thinning. 



Fig. 2.— Same Stand After Thinning. 



Eight and one-half cords per acre were removed. 



