PREFACE 



The loblolly or North Carolina pine is by far the most important tree 

 now being cut for lumber in JNTorth Carolina. While distributed over 

 only the eastern half of the state, yet this tree furnishes more than half 

 of the annual lumber cut of the whole state. Most of the lands which 

 many years ago were denuded of longleaf pine by the turpentine opera- 

 tors and the lumbermen and then devastated by fires and hogs, later 

 came up to loblolly j^ii^e and noAV 50 to 100 years later are furnishing 

 another and a more remunerative crop of timber. 



Loblolly combines all the essentials for an ideal forest management 

 tree. It seeds profusely and regenerates readily, is adapted to nearly 

 all types of soil, grows rapidly, becomes marketable at an early age, 

 grows densely, making large yields per acre, and produces material for 

 which there is a general demand at a fair and increasing price. 



The study of the loblolly or North Carolina pine in eastern Xorth 

 Carolina, which formed the basis of this report, was made jointly by 

 the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and 

 the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey. The first field 

 work was begun in 1S9S and the entire study completed in 1913. 



The growth and volume figures apply only to eastern North Carolina. 

 The mill studies were made in Gates, Wayne, Beaufort, and Pitt 

 counties; and the sample plots and stem analyses were made in twelve 

 additional counties: Chatham, Nash, Northampton, Washington, Bertie, 

 Craven, Hyde, Harnett, Johnston, Wake, Pender, Lenoir, and Onslow. 



A considerable part of the original field data was collected under the 

 immediate direction of the author by H. S. Curran and E. A. Gaboon 

 of the North Carolina Geological Survey, and A. K. Mlodziansky, of the 

 United States Forest Sendee. Some of the mill cut data were collected 

 by Messrs. J. S. Holmes, Forester of the North Carolina Geological and 

 Economic Suiwey, and W. D. Sterrett, of the Forest Service. In the 

 process of the study many courtesies were extended by the Hines Bros. 

 Lumber Company of Kinston, N. C, Short Lumber Company of Wash- 

 ington, D. C, and Lyon & Dennis of Sufl^olk, Va., while infonnation in 

 regard to prices of certain grades at different periods was furnished by 

 Mr. W. B. Eoper, Secretary of the North Carolina Pine Association. 



This bulletin takes up the growth and proper forest management of 

 loblolly pine in North Carolina. It deals with the occurrence and 

 silvical requirements of the tree, its growth in height, diameter and 

 volume on different soils and situations, and the yields which can be 

 obtained under varying conditions. The amount of lumber of different 

 grades Avhicli can be cut from timber of different ages and qualities i? 

 also sho'ivii in tabular form. 



