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What is High-Grading?


I heard of a stable where, after each race, they sell the top horses and breed the losers.  Soon that stable had some pretty slow horses.

If you sell your best trees and leave the runts, you accomplish the same thing.
 Diameter-Limit Cut

Removal of trees equal to or larger than a certain diameter.  These are the fastest growing, healthiest trees.  The smaller, poorer growing trees are left behind.		 Selective Cut

Larger trees are selectively removed from the stand to create space for the smaller trees to grow.  In rare instances, this may be beneficial only if the smaller trees have not lost their health & vigor.

In both methods, a majority of the trees that are highest in value are removed before they reach their full economic maturity.


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