SLASH I'TNF. GROWTH IN THE SOUTH 



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reach the age 

 of 15 to 20 

 years during a 

 period of 30 to 

 35 years or 

 more. • Under 

 such manage- 

 menl: the densi- 

 ty would 1)0 

 regulated f o r 

 the develop- 

 ment of medi- 

 um sized trees 

 with thrifty 

 crowns, a n d 

 necessary thin- 

 nings would be 

 brought about 

 by means of 

 heavy and 

 profitable cup- 

 ping before 

 cutting the 

 timber product. 

 This advantage 

 can hardly be 

 over- empha- 

 sized in consid- 









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SLASH PINE THREE A.NU T\\ EL\E VKAR.S OLD 



.\n abandoned field with vigorous growth of slash pine 3 years old (on the right), now 4 to 6 feet high. 

 In an earlier 12-year old stand to the left, the trees although over-crowded, are 3 to 5 inches in 

 diameter at breast height and 30 to 40 feet in height. .Slash pine begins bearing seed at about 12 years. 



ering the profit- 

 y b 1 e n e s s of 

 growing slash 

 pine under 

 forest manage- 

 ment. 



S u ffi c i e n t 

 m c asurements 

 of growth are 

 not available at 

 present to 

 forecast very 

 broadly the fi- 

 nancial returns 

 on investments 

 in land devoted 

 to second 

 growth slash 

 pine stands. It 

 can be said 

 roughly, how- 

 ever, that well 

 stocked slash 

 pine stands 15 

 to 25 years old 

 should yield a 

 return in tur- 

 pentine of $1 



A TURPENTINE OPERATION 



A 13-year old slash pine stand being worked for turpentine. The X's point to "faces" the old time wasteful and ruinous "boxing" method being 

 used. One hundred trees per acre are tieing turpentined, bringing the owner $10.00 per acre, and leaving 528 trees per acre for later working. 



