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3. The sale and removal of dead and defective trees left on cut-over 

 areas and not needed for seeding purposes. These are called "salvage" 

 sales and at present form a very large part of the timber sale business 

 of the district. Strictly speaking, they are improvement cuttings and 

 are not subject to such strict regulation as are cuttings in the mature 

 stands. Nevertheless, such sales will be used in many instances to 

 increase the annual cut of the circle, especially where the percentage 

 of mature stands is insufficient. In such cases a degree of regulation, 

 such as a limitation of the amount that may be sold annually, will be 

 provided for. 



4. The planting up of areas where the mistreatment under private 

 ownership has prevented natural regeneration. In some instances the 

 planting of abandoned fields may be considered. There are approxi- 

 mately 48,000 acres of barren lands and old fields in the Southern 

 Forests, of which 28,000 acres are of the former class. The work of 

 reforestation must, because of financial limitations, proceed slowly and 

 will probably extend over a period of 20 years or more. 



It may be considered strange that the Government should be content 

 with the production of the maximum amount of wood products per 

 acre instead of endeavoring to produce species of great value, such as 

 poplar, white oak, red oak, ash, etc. It may be said in explanation 

 that it is not a matter of contentment altogether ; the cut-over lands 

 now being reforested by nature were not under the Government's con- 

 trol when logged and consequently it had no voice in the matter. The 

 reforestation has already "set," so to speak, and cannot be changed 

 now. The only thing that can be done is to encourage all of the growth 

 per acre practicable, regardless of species. There is no doubt that 

 every foot of wood will find a ready market by the time these stands 

 mature. The writer remembers that less than 20 years ago cotton- 

 woods and gum were both considered worthless and were generally 

 thrown in free of charge in sales of cypress stumpage. About that 

 same time, chestnut in the mountains of North Carolina was con- 

 sidered a weed tree. The advance of the pulp industry into the South 

 is already making a market for species unmerchantable two years ago. 



It is not intended to discuss the matter of silviculture in this paper, 

 but it should be said in passing that in all sales on both mature stands 

 and on young stands on cut-over lands the marking rules are drawn 

 up to favor, in the seeding, the next generation of such species as 

 poplar, white pine, white oak, chestnut, red oak, etc. 



In arriving at the volume of cut to be made during any given period, 

 this line of procedure is followed : As a result of the survey, the va- 



