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(8) The western bed in Plot XX (180 feet square) gave by far the 
best results of all the beds in this plot, thus indicating that 
when side-shade is received chiefly from one direction only, 
side-shade from the west and shelter from the hot afternoon 
sun appears to be the best. 
(9) Owing to the scanty weed growth, weeding was unnecessary 
in the small 60 feet square after the first rains, there being 
23 per cent, living seedlings with a height-growth of 30 
inches in the unweeded areas after 3J years. 
(10) In the case of the larger clearings, viz., the 100 feet wide strip, 
the weed growth was much heavier, but here there is no 
doubt that the weeding was over-done, as the height-growth 
is obviously poor in the weeded areas and the plants look 
less healthy with yellower leaves. In the case of a large 
clearing like this, some extra light lateral shade, such as 
that given by isolated plants of the large tufted grasses 
Saccharum Munja, S. Narenga and Erianthus Raven- 
nae, or a few woody coppice shoots, appears to be decidedly 
beneficial both in decreasing water loss from the seedlings 
and in preventing the development of a matted growth of 
herbaceous plants, like Ageratum, Desmodium, small grasses 
and others, which rapidly swamp and kill young sal seedlings, 
see Plate VI, fig. 2 . 
Plate VI, Fig. 1, shows the 3J years-old seedlings in the weeded 
and unweeded portions of the centre bed in Plot XVIII 
(100 ft. wide strip). Note the plants of exceptional 
vigour which have established themselves among the coarse 
grasses in the unweeded area. 
Summary of conclusions. 
33. On the whole, the following conclusions seem to be justified by 
this experiment: 
(1) In a comparatively unfavourable season and on a compara¬ 
tively large scale, the seedling growth obtained in the cleared 
patches and strips has been only slightly inferior to that 
obtained in the favourable year 1913 in Plot IV, and is 7 
times better than that obtained by sowing in the shade. 
The average annual height-growth, calculated for the 3| years 
period, is 8-7 inches which would give established seedlings 
3^ feet high in 5 years, see para. 32 (1) (3). 
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