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row strip of woods can be fenced into the pasture. Whenever additional pasture is needed, it is best to clear a portion of the woods and keep the cattle out of the remainder.
Rapid run-off, erosion and defective timber are the results of Woodland grazing1.
3. Follow good cutting practices:
Do not "cream” your woods by continually cutting only the best trees. The defective and poorly-formed trees which are left will be the next crop; and they will be a low-value one. Instead, improve the woodlot by including some of these low-value trees I in with the sawtimber harvest. Any cuttings for fuelwood should also remove these lowvalue trees. Good cutting practices will assure a continuing supply of high-quality timber for future harvest.
4. Reforest where necessary:
Cutover stands of low-quality should be reforested. The planted seedlings will increase the quality and quantity of future cuttings. Idle and abandoned land should be reforested. Taxes must be paid on the land whether it is producing an income or not. Reforestation can be used to put much of our poorlymanaged woodland back into good production, quickly.
20% of the people in Virginia
work for the forest industries. Their jobs and our future depend upon the management of our woodlands.
F. D. Kidwell, Forester
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