CONTENTS 



Part I. — The Timberlands: Pa s e - 



7 

 General description 



Market, taxes, and transportation - 



Lumbering 



Fire: Its influence upon the forest crop 



13 

 Grazing 



The forest 



The merchantable forest 



Pine lands 



Stand of merchantable pine 



The forest from a silvicultural standpoint 



1Q 



Pine ridge 



99 



Pine flat /z 



Hardwood bottom *° 



2fi 

 Silvicultural notes 



Brief descriptions of the most important species 26 



Shortleaf Pine 26 



Loblolly Pine 33 



Practical value of the Loblolly Pine as compared with the 



Shortleaf Pine. . - - 36 



Cow Oak 37 



White Oak 



Sweet Gum 38 



White Ash 



Shagbark Hickory 



Holly 39 



Hornbeam 



Part II. — Forest Management: 



Introduction 



Timber yields 



Effect of fire protection upon future yields 



Sustained annual yield of the forest - 42 



Sustained annual yield in relation to the present capacity of the mill 



Interest returns on cut-over lands 



44 

 Conclusions 



Rules of management _ 



Cutting limit 6 >r pine - 



Seed trees 



Cutting limit for the hardwoods of the bottom lands 46 



1 [eight of stumps 



Protection against fire _ 



Care in felling. 



47 



I ospection '_ 



Summary <>f rules for lumbering 



List of trees found 



5 



