. Schlich's manual of forestry. system is a modification of thecompartment system. Instead of conducting the regenerationprocess uniformly over a whole wood or compartment, the areais divided into a number of narrow strips which are taken inhand, one by one, at such intervals that generally three stripsare under regeneration at one and the same time; one beingin the final stage, one in the seeding stage, and a third in thepreparatory stage. As soon as one strip has been completelyregenerated a fresh strip is taken in hand, and so on, until theprocess is gradually extended over the whole compar
. Schlich's manual of forestry. system is a modification of thecompartment system. Instead of conducting the regenerationprocess uniformly over a whole wood or compartment, the areais divided into a number of narrow strips which are taken inhand, one by one, at such intervals that generally three stripsare under regeneration at one and the same time; one beingin the final stage, one in the seeding stage, and a third in thepreparatory stage. As soon as one strip has been completelyregenerated a fresh strip is taken in hand, and so on, until theprocess is gradually extended over the whole compartment orwood. In the appended Figs. 89 and 90, the strip marked /is in the final stage, that marked s in the seeding stage, theone marked j> in the preparatory stage, and the rest of the THE STEIP SYSTEM. 219 area marked u is forest as yet untouched. The process ofregeneration in each strip is the same as that described in the North. it p s f West.^ > Direction ofprevailingwind. \ y East. u p f 89. North; / Direction ofi$ prevailing wind. East. u p s f 90. case of the compartment system ; there are the three stages,one following the other. 250 NATURAL REGENERATION OF WOODS. Nothing definite can be said regarding the breadth of thestrips ; it depends on the species and the local who advocate the system say that, ordinarily, thebreadth should not exceed the height of the trees. There isno limit to the length of the strips ; they need not be straight,in fact they will frequently be curved. The operation should generally commence on that side ofthe wood which is opposite to the prevailing wind direction;this rule may be overridden by other considerations, forinstance, an unfavourable distribution of the age some cases the wood may, if necessary, be attacked intwo or more places at the same time. For the rest, little or no difference exists between this andthe compartment system, except that the total area underregenerat
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