Percentage of total number of Stems. 
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Indian Forest Records. 
[VoL. I. 
The percentage of stems of different diameter classes to be found in 
an even-aged unthinned Sal wood, grown under average conditions of 
a given age, may best be exhibited by means of a diagram ■ 
Inches Gut 
fig. 4. Percentage of Sal stems of different girths in an even-aged wood, 50 years 
of ago. (Age estimated). 
The following table relating to coppice shoots has been prepared by 
Mr. F. F. R. Channer, I.F.S., from data collected by him in the Ekauna 
Forest of the Bahraicli Division, United Provinces : — 
Girth measured at breast-height. 
Girth under 
1' 
i'— ip 
2'— 2j' 
25'— 3' j 3’— 3j' 
31' 
Rem.vrks. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. 
Per cent. Per cent- 
Per cent. 
26 
35 
25 
I t 
3 1 ... 
Coppice growth 20 years 
old. 
36 
15 
i8 
17 
8 1 5 
I 
Coppice growth 30 years 
r 
old. 
Percentage of Sal shoots of different girths in an even -aged Sal coppice 20 and 30 
years of age, respectively. 
