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rate to bark them and t
arth
r e the o bj ect of managem
of valuabl
timbe
boles
it is necessa
r tain h
to a ce
crowded woods lose t
the insuf
ciency of light
h t h e el
wit
r eat di
r ence exists
g
e
vario us species of fo
said that the
r anches in cro
b
their power to b
will lose their lower b
some cases
r s they r
in othe
in the timb
the open retain t
life
and they produce in consequence timb
as compared with trees grown in fully stock
h e cases
In t
h ey may be r
naturally
t
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is termed
r e as follows
pruning a
Inc
r eeing younger growth f r o m the too g r eat cover
caus
upper part of the t
B ranchless boles
branch
s
because the timbe
lings sawn o ut of them have f
RO
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TI
B
r
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r y for them to lose t h ei r side b r an ch
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ight f
h ei r lower b r an ches natu r ally
vation of
however
r est t r e
r apidity
ded wo od s
r shade
a
r anc h es quicker t h an s h ad e beare r s
r anches drop quickly to the ground
the dead b
main fo
r laid on in the meantime
h eir low
r e the low
he
r ease in the value of the p r uned tree
d by ov
stimulate
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h is process p r oceed s up the stem
and t
leaf canopy f
in this respect b
r oadly speaking
s
with which tr
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H
ence
r yea r s producing knots and
r branches mo
r branches d o not d r op
r tificially
moved a
In silvicultur
rh anging t r ees
expansion
r ee
greater value t
r splits better
r knots
w
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or cover them with
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r es in the p r oduction
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t
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T
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light d
ma
Trees g
r e or less t hr ougho ut
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the principal Obj ects of
cro
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and the scant
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their lowe
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