148 



THR WHITE PIXE. 



YIELD OF SECOND-GRO'WTH -WHITE PINE, -WITH MEASUREMENTS OP YOUNG PINE 



TAKEN FOR ANALYSIS. 



Tlie yielil of second-growth White I'iiie on selected saiiiple areas in the States named is 

 shown in the loUowing notes and tabulations, which also give, for illustration, the nuniher of trees, 

 volume, and average annual accretion of i)ine, the soil, forest conditions, acre yields, and measure- 

 nieuts of sami>le ynuiig pines taken for analysis: 



Taiile VII. — Acre nieldi of secoiid-yiowlh tVhili I'iiic, with meuxitiementa of ijoiiuij pine tuUiii for (iiuilijiiis. 



Sample nrea: 1 acre. 



A.-PENXSYL^•.V N I A 



(1) SlTEC- 



Luzerne County. 



[1,400 10 1,500 feet above sea level.] 

 Half acre Xo, 1. 



Soil: Dark-brown loainv nand, meilium grain, with pebbles and gravel, light, loose, ileep, freuli, Ago of i.ine : 60 to KO j-ears. 

 ilraineil by Hear (reek and a number of otber smull streams, l; iueben mold on top, and a sur- 

 face eover of abundant leaves and scantv feru. Density of crown cover: 0.5. 



t'orful rniHlilioHM: While I'ine, mixed with Maple, Beech, Hemlock, and sraltering A ellow and 

 White Hireh, Wlilte and lied Oak, and or.asional Black Cherry, in a valley slopmi; toward 

 eonthwest and bordered on all .•iides bv hills over 300 feet above station ; undergrowth moder- ^. , , 

 ately dense, of young Hemlock, Bcecli, Maple, Birch.' >umber of trees: 21ti. 



HALF ACKE YIELD. 



Averaire annual accretion: White Pine, 41 cubic feet. 



I Intermix, il gpeci,;: Maide, 08; Beech, 22: Hemlock, 18; Yellow and White llirch, 14, While and Ked Oak, 12; Cherry 2. 

 Undrnjrowth: Young Hemlock, 2H0; Beech, 146; Maple, 84; Birch, 12. 



