In order to harmonize the requirements of the wood lot from a
sylvicultural point of view, and the needs of the farmer for wood
supplies, the cutting must follow some systematic plan.
The improvement cuttings need not, in point of time, have been made all
over the lot before beginning the cuttings for regeneration, provided
they have been made in those parts which are to be regenerated. Both
the cuttings may go on simultaneously, and this enables the farmer
to gauge the amount of cutting to his consumption. According to the
amount of wood needed, one or more groups may be started at the same
time. It is, however, desirable, for the sake of renewing the crop
systematically, to arrange the groups in a regular order over the lot.
[Illustration: Fig. 15.--Method of layering to produce new stocks in
coppice wood.]