CONTROL OF GIPSY MOTH BY FOREST MANAGEMENT. 37 
stand might be cut to advantage, leaving an even-aged stand of pine, 
but it would’probably be better to leave them as standards to supply 
some extra-large material in the final cutting of the planted stand. 
The result of following either of the two plans of cutting in this 
stand appears in the following table: 
Stand and cutting table, Wareham, Mass. Mixed oak stand, two-tenths white 
oak. 
Number per acre left under 
Original stand. two plans proposed. 
2. Gradual conver- 
Trees which control if in sufficient 4 sion—successive 
numbers. - en i Hogi cuttings. 
rees whic ver- 
control on Other spe- | Number | .ion—one 
chislot cies present. | per acre. tting 
: : Second 
(now). First (in 5 to 10 
Gow years). 
Class I: 
ROC OAK eee ee Pas ew Ce bee CyB Cea ee Red oak....- CUYD RIES a a Re ae aa a 
IB eckson kee Us eu ah Black OaUa yee eee DANN ELE aaah a rete 1D) lek Se 
Scarletioakesse ese keys ce ane Scanletioakss|easueseeee nee LOAM as Bue ken 65x) ase 
VAC EVES EOE el sie ala Ses oa Wihiteoalccs |My ree. Gon iss. See ae HOM Bteeonce 
GTAVHDITCH ES ke Saisie ae Eine | Mia A ae Gray birch Cigale sacs | ee ee 
Class II: 
WTO IMO ae ae eset Te aN Wihibeypiness| eee esses 45 45 43 43 
(Pap ehinpine ys epee nk yet hs SN Pitch pines lier se yee ee 5 5 3 3 
Class IIT: : 
RIC OUTIL PC ees He eN SE ay Gane (ye ti ate De ATE Red maple. . Cyd Piette eae LYE SN eae: 
Blacker me Uaiiie wes Misa UR TEN Ae lai Black gum.. OOS Ni Ae ete Soo (py ie eee 
Class IV: 
IN OT Oe SEIN ALO POCA NL PRCL WAAL UAH UA RSUNANL AN SunstlliLccep Ge Woe eau NLT MANULMER Eo UA Rog gduncd [uaa Son ye lunes alemdar 
306 50 133 46 
1 Less than 1 tree per acre. 
As to the products of cutting, the same limitations apply that 
were considered under the plan of clear cutting in one operation. 
They should be, as far as possible, what the owner requires and 
the balance put into cordwood. If the products of the first cutting 
were all cordwood, there would be about 12 or 13 cords per acre of 
good merchantable wood. 
It is believed that with the small white pine already present and 
the planting provided for above, no additional planting would be 
necessary to replace trees which may die or which may be destroyed 
in the second cutting. 
The cost of the first cutting will be about $20 per acre and of 
the second cutting about $25 per acre. The planting suggested, in- 
cluding stock, will cost about $6 per acre. The biennial cleanings 
after the first and second cuttings will each require five or six hours’ 
labor per acre of a careful man. The cost will, of course, depend 
upon local conditions. The result will be the same as would be ob- 
tained by clear cutting in one operation—a stand of young pine on 
good soil, which, if fires are excluded, should grow rapidly and yield’ 
a greater quantity of wood of higher value than the stand which it 
