. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 473. Stand of pine ready for harvest. the same time have much in common. A discus- sion of the practices employed in harvesting tim- ber on a large scale will be suggestive to the thoughtful reader, and will enable him better to direct his efforts in a small way; and the few points regarding the harvesting of the farm wood- lot that need especially to be noticed will be more easily comprehended. Methods of harvesting. There are two distinct methods of
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 473. Stand of pine ready for harvest. the same time have much in common. A discus- sion of the practices employed in harvesting tim- ber on a large scale will be suggestive to the thoughtful reader, and will enable him better to direct his efforts in a small way; and the few points regarding the harvesting of the farm wood- lot that need especially to be noticed will be more easily comprehended. Methods of harvesting. There are two distinct methods of harvesting forest crops practiced in the United States,—clean cutting and selection cutting. Each has its ad- vantages and advocates. Clean cutting has been practiced more exten- sively in the past, and it is still in vogue where timber is plentiful. It has the advantage of free- dom of action, little or no attention being given to saving young trees for future crops ; the ground is gone over but once to secure the marketable ma- terial ; and economy of logging and milling opera- tions is eifected. Clean cutting is the most prac- tical method where the trees are even-aged or are of nearly the same size, all having reached a stage when growth is slow or has nearly ceased, and practically all are ready for the harvest. This is frequently the best method in coniferous forests, where there is often but little undergrowth. Some lumbermen who have had wide experience in cut- ting hard-woods, including broad-leaf trees, in- sist that this is the most practical method even under those conditions. In the case of clear plant- ings that have reached the proper stage, clean cutting is used for final harvest, thinnings having been removed from time to time. When this method is to be employed, in order to know approximately the quantity of timber, it is customary to engage a timber - cruiser, who passes through the timber along more or less definite lines making careful observation to the
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