Report upon the forestry investigations of the of agriculture1877-1898 . re pure forestry science finds its application and development. These princiiiles have been elucidated more fully in the next chapter. We will, therefore,here only briefly restate the more imjiortant ones with some of their applications in Germanpractice. PLANTING. Seemingly the simplest and easiest way of reproducing the crop is that practiced in agricul-ture, namely, removing the entire mature crop aud sowing or planting a new crop. But thismethod, wliich has been so largely iiracticed in Europe and admire
Report upon the forestry investigations of the of agriculture1877-1898 . re pure forestry science finds its application and development. These princiiiles have been elucidated more fully in the next chapter. We will, therefore,here only briefly restate the more imjiortant ones with some of their applications in Germanpractice. PLANTING. Seemingly the simplest and easiest way of reproducing the crop is that practiced in agricul-ture, namely, removing the entire mature crop aud sowing or planting a new crop. But thismethod, wliich has been so largely iiracticed in Europe and admired by our countrymen andwriters on forestry, has its great drawbacks, which have of late become more aud more apparent,and the tendency now is to return more and more to the natural reproduction. While thesimplicity of the method of clearing and i)lanting recommends itself for a routine or stereotypemanagement, it has not always proved as successful as would be expected. The large clearingswhich the young planted seedlings are unable to iirotect from the drying influences of sun and. Fig. 25.—Iron dibble used in setting out small pine seedlings. wind bring about a desiccation aud deterioration of the forest soil and an enormous increase of insectpests, while other dangers in later life from wind and disease have been largely the result of theseuniform growths. And when it is understood that to secure a desirable stand the plantings mustbe gone over and fail iilaces replanted five, six, and more times, it becomes apparent that themethod is extremely expensive, and hence the proper treatment of the natural crop with a viewto its reproduction by natural seeding is the most important part of forest culture. Yet undercertain conditions, and where no natural crop to manage is found, planting or sowing becomes anecessity, aud various methods and tools have been developed to meet various conditions. It would exceed the limits of this report to describe these various methods; we can re
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