Labor Requirements in Thinning Douglas-Fir and Western Hemlock on Two Experimental Forests in Western Washington (Classic Reprint)

Labor Requirements in Thinning Douglas-Fir and Western Hemlock on Two Experimental Forests in Western Washington (Classic Reprint)
Author: Norman P. Worthington
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2018-09-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781396455940

Excerpt from Labor Requirements in Thinning Douglas-Fir and Western Hemlock on Two Experimental Forests in Western Washington The Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station has been engaged in research over the past 20 years to discover some of the silvicultural and economic factors which would influence thinning practice. We have accumulated a series of time and production records from several studies of thinning methods. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Guidelines for Precommercial Thinning of Douglas-fir

Guidelines for Precommercial Thinning of Douglas-fir
Author: Donald L. Reukema
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 1975
Genre: Douglas fir
ISBN:

Production of merchantable wood in even-aged Douglas-fir stands can be increased substantially by precommercial thinning. Guidelines for, and gains from, precommercial thinning both strongly depend on the size of trees wanted at the first commercial cut; the larger this size, (1) the fewer trees should be left after precommercial thinning, (2) the greater is the maximum age or tree size at which precommercial thinning is practical, and (3) the greater is the gain is usable yield from precommercial thinning. Also, generally, the longer the time required for a stand to reach commercial size without thinning, the greater the gains from precommercial thinning. These and other considerations are discussed, and procedures are recommended.