300 
diameter breast-high, and merchantable heights of all trees 6 inches in 
diameter and over on his side of the chain. Topographic maps giving the 
location of ravines and ridges are very useful in cruising by this method, 
and in very rough country the steel tape may be dispensed with. When 
the party has progressed ten chains (660 feet) in this manner and with 
this width of strip (66 feet) they have covered one acre. 
The area cruised out of a section of 640 acres will of course depend 
on the distance between the cruise lines. When they are run at intervals 
of 20 chains (a quarter of a mile) they give a 5 per cent estimate, and 
when at intervals of 10 chains (an eighth of a mile, or 660 feet), a 10 
per cent estimate. In addition to recording the apparent effect of fires 
upon young growth, plots a square rod in size were measured off at inter- 
vals of 10 chains in order to estimate reproduction. This plotting is easily 
and quickly done by the use of a 50-foot cloth tape, taking 1614 feet on 
the center cruise-line and having the men form a square with the cloth 
tape 1614 feet on the other three sides. All sprouts and seedlings within 
the square are then counted and tallied, with a designation as to height. 
This represents reproduction on 1/160 of an acre. 
DeTAtLED EXHIBIT OF STAND OF TYPES, BY COUNTIES, FOR AREA 
SURVEYED, AND PER CENT OF IT WOODED 
Pulaski County 
Type* Acres 
UBicypress 2... e nase ses 2,894 
DBYCY POSS) nee © onshore 115 
Gully Pome hen 0 Se aes cee 194 
Nosh itis. csa ei ae Seo was 616 
INOS 2ito ortovcce ectaty cto oee eters 26 
Non 2B .eateseatemeac roe 50 
Sapiplsss Mears oo sere se eer eet 45 
Dotall pnv.p-ctot 2 acute eiovecars 3,940 
Total area of county surveyed was 35,000 acres, 11.2% of it wooded. 
Randolph County 
Type Acres 
NOs Mans ioe aor ata 10,795 
NOs 2) Hise cist te etna teas 400 
Sap iii yoy tort ae eee ee cake easels avez 1,240 
Gullit So3 32 Be SAR Rea ere eer: 60 
Noli, gicco ios igen: 655 
INGO = 2 Bieta aie sera ere ete co seatone 400 
Total. Vt: hochere eroe 13,550 
Total area of county surveyed was 26,427 acres, 51.2% of it wooded. 
*For definition“of type symbols see pp. 298, 299. 
