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quality. This is obvious from results with white, red, and shortleaf 

 pines. Eventually a considerable per cent of the oak sites in the ungla- 

 ciated section of southeast Ohio will be replaced with pine. This is 

 particularly applicable to the areas in which the growth has been re- 

 moved three and four times for charcoal during the days of the char- 

 coal furnaces. The character of the present rotation has so degenerated 

 that it is virtually one of no merchantable value, actual or potential, 

 excepting for charcoal. Proximity to the great coal fields precludes 

 utilization for cordwood. When economic conditions favor the cutting 

 of these tracts, pine planting will follow. Enough of this work has 

 been done to indicate the adaptation of conifers. 



The outlook for intensive woodlot practice is constantly improving. 

 The economic demands of the war, especially with respect to cordwood, 

 will give a tremendous stimulus to the movement. It will provide a 

 market for the wood waste, the lack of which has heretofore been a 

 most deterrent factor in promoting intensive operations. E.ven though 

 the stimulus is temporary, it will fix habits of thought and action which 

 in itself will be a helpful element in determining the future status of 

 the farm woodlot. 



