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Improvement of Woodland. [oct., 



The rotation of the coppice being twenty years, one-twentieth 

 of the whole area is to be annually dealt with. At that age 

 it will be cut and laid in drifts for sale or conversion, all the 

 maiden poles being left standing. The timber trees to be 

 removed will then be marked and felled, and lastly the best 

 poles selected to remain ; the rest being cut and laid with the 

 coppice to provide fresh stools. 



As a general illustration the following table is given. It is 

 of course not possible to work exactly to these numbers per 

 acre, but in an annual kerf of about 80 acres, for which this 

 scheme was prepared, it should be possible to have an average 

 proportion over the whole area. 



Distribution of Standards per Acre. 





Age. 



Stock before felling. 



Removed. 



Remaining. 



Description. 









i 

































,£5 







ci 



1 



CJ 





O 



O 



iS 



O 



O 

 1-1 













0 



<u 



ID 





0 



<u 



<u 



rt 









W 





H 



M 





H 





h-J 





Poles 



20 















20 



30 



50 



Large poles... 



40 



20 



30 



5o 





IO 



10 



20 



20 



40 



Young trees 



60 



20 



20 



40 ; 



10 



io 



20 



10 



IO 



20 



Trees 



80 



10 



10 



20 



5 



IO 



15 



5 





5 



Old trees ... 



100 







5 



5 





5 









Total 





55 



60 



ii5 



20 



30 



50 



55 



60 





Until the woods have been under this course of management 

 for a considerable period the full results will not be realised, 

 and at first the returns will chiefly depend on the stock at 

 the commencement, but when in full profit the average annual 

 fall per acre should be ten larch of forty years, ten larch and 

 ten beech , of sixty years, ten larch and five beech of eighty 

 years, and five beech of 100 years' growth respectively. 

 According to circumstances these may be estimated to aggregate 

 from 700 to 1,000 ft. of timber, equal to an annual average 

 return of 35 to 50 ft. of timber per acre over the whole area 

 irrespective of coppice. 



Such results cannot, of course, be expected where ground 

 game is allowed to prevail, and in ordinary cases some expense 

 must be incurred in protecting the young groups with wire 



