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Preparation of Forest Working-Plans in India

1910

Tending (of a wood).—Includes the preservation of the factors of the locality by maintaining both suitable overhead and soil covering ; the protection of the crop against external dangers : the preservation of the proper density of the crop and of a proper mixture of species : cleaning pruning thinning and other operations for the benefit of the stock. [...] Improvement felling.--A provisional operation undertaken to improve the growth and composition of an existing crop by means of the removal of individuals impeding the devlopment of others of greater promise than themselves ; it may thus include the removal of mature trees of the principal species in order to hasten the establishment cf a more vigorous crop as well as the removal of trees of ot [...] Storeyed Forest Method—Forming a crop of stems of different ages the crowns of which are arranged in tiers the difference in age between the trees of each consecutive tier being equal to the length of the felling rotation. [...] should be constituted of a series of growths of all ages from the seeling to the exploitable tree that is of a series of age-gradtions corresponding to the number of years in the exploitable age. [...] This includes as a matter of course the value of the land."24 2. Calculation of the volume of the normal growing stock.—If i" represents the mean annual increment laid on annually by each of the " r " age-gradations corresponding to the number of years (r) in the rotation tlie normal growing stock would ho (calculating for the end of the growing season immediately before the.annual felling is
agriculture environment
Pages
181
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.146712
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-vi W. E. D’arcy, A. M. F. Caccia view
Part I.—Preliminary Explanation
1-34 W. E. D’arcy, A. M. F. Caccia view
Part II.—Preparation of the Working-Plan
35-119 W. E. D’arcy, A. M. F. Caccia view
Part III.—Compilation of the Working-Plan Report
120-159 W. E. D’arcy, A. M. F. Caccia view
Part IV. Control of the Execution of Working-Plans
160-165 W. E. D’arcy, A. M. F. Caccia view
Map
i-i W. E. D’arcy, A. M. F. Caccia view
Index
i-iv W. E. D’arcy, A. M. F. Caccia view

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