Report upon the forestry investigations of the of agriculture1877-1898 . erial and ruuiung out of the stocks. The former object is, however, oulypartially accomplished, as the trees grown without sufficient side shading are apt to produce branchy boles and heuceknotty timber, besides in-juringthe coppiceby theirshade. PLAN OF MANAGEMENT. In order to harmon-ize the requirements ofthe wood lot from a sylvi-cultural point of view andthe needs of the farmerfor wood supplies, the cut-ting must follow some sys-tematic plan. The imijrovement cut-tings need not, in pointof time, have bee
Report upon the forestry investigations of the of agriculture1877-1898 . erial and ruuiung out of the stocks. The former object is, however, oulypartially accomplished, as the trees grown without sufficient side shading are apt to produce branchy boles and heuceknotty timber, besides in-juringthe coppiceby theirshade. PLAN OF MANAGEMENT. In order to harmon-ize the requirements ofthe wood lot from a sylvi-cultural point of view andthe needs of the farmerfor wood supplies, the cut-ting must follow some sys-tematic plan. The imijrovement cut-tings need not, in pointof time, have been madeall over the lot before be-ginning the cuttings forregeneration, provided they have been made in those parts which are to be regenerated. Boththe cuttings may go on simultaneously, and this enables the farmer to gauge the amount of cuttingto his consumption. According to the amount of wood needed, one or more groups may be startedat the same time. It is, however, desirable, for the sake of renewing the crop systematically, toarrange the groups in a regular order over the Fic 41 —Method ot layer u- to pro 1 ice new stocks lu coppice w od How TO Cultivate the AVood Crop. Where only firewood is desired—i. e., wood Avithout special form, size, or quality—no attentionto the crop is necessary, except to insure that it covers the ground completely. Nevertheless, evenin such a crop, which is usually managed as a coppice, some of the operations described in thischapter may prove advantageous. Where, however, not only quantity but useful quality of thecrop is also to be secured, the development of the wood crop may be advantageously influencedby controlling the supply of light available to the individual trees. It may be proper to repeat here briefly what has been explained in previous pages regardingthe influence of light on tree development. EFFECT of light ON WOOD PKODUCTION. Dense shade preserves soil moisture, the most essential element for wood production; a close
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