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



Plate VI. 



Fig. 1.— Forty-Five-Year-Old Quality III Chestnut Oak Stand Before Thinning. 



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Fig. 2.— Same Stand After Thinning. 

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