YELIvOW PINE REPRODUCTION 631 



Plot No. p 



Exposure: N.E. slope 15 per cent. 



Timber : Large and mature. 



Cutting: (1) Tall clean bole grassed to stump. (2) Not grassed. 



Soil quality : Very good. 



Soil moisture : \'evy good. 



Ground cover : Heavy bunch grass. 



Seed trees : Large intermediate. 



Brush disposal: Scattered, but heavy in places. 



Grazing, C&H : Light. 



Grazing, S&G : None recently. 



Reproduction: Around tree site (1 ) none. Tree site (2) plentifully 

 stocked with 2-year-old seedlings. Practically none in outlying grassed 

 openings. None in brush. 



Conclusions: Emphasizes desirability of heavier C&H grazing both 

 before and after cutting, and of prompt reseeding around stumps. 

 Outlying reproduction was probably destroyed by sheep before cutting. 



Plot No. 10 



Exposure : Gentle N.E. slope. 



Timber : Large mature. 



Cutting: Heavy. 



Soil quality : Excellent. 



Soil moisture : Excellent. 



Ground cover : Light grama grass, except on burn. 



Seed trees : 2 fair intermediate and 1 B. J. A tree at either corner 

 of a right triangle slightly above j4 acre. 



Brush disposal : Brush burned as it lay in center of triangle. 



Grazing. C&H : Moderate. 



Grazing. S&G : None recently. 



Reproduction : Some 5-year and plentiful 2-year-old seedlings on 

 normal seeding area of trees. Entirely lacking around center of tri- 

 angle on old burn. 



Conclusions: Good seed trees, but too large space to cover. Another 

 tree should have been left in center. Ground conditions ideal for re- 

 seeding, but seed were not cast against prevailing winds, and trees 

 were fully exposed to west wind. Barring unusually fortunate cir- 

 cumstances, center of triangle will not seed in until present seedlings 

 commence to cast seed. 



It is neither claimed nor expected that these comments bring out 

 any new or startling facts bearing on the question treated. Therefore, 

 their value, if any, may be mainly corroborative. The more so be- 

 cause the observations and investigations forming their basis were 

 made entirely independent of and not influenced by the findings of any 

 other investigator. 



