220 THE FORESTS OF CALVEET COUNTY 



The fact that it takes from fifty to one hundred years to mature timber 

 is no drawback to the starting and tending of such a crop. With proper 

 care the timber lands will annually furnish the necessary fuel and fencing 

 and each year see an improvement of the stand as a result of thi= care. 

 The present treatment is reducing the forest to the production of nothing 

 but cordwood. A proper treatment will provide a plentiful supply of 

 cordwood and also a good marketable stand of lumber-producing trees. 

 Property thus treated increases in value and is an excellent investment. 



That the desirable species can be grown to merchantable sizes is shown 

 by Table I. On 62 acres of slope timber measured in different parts of 

 the county, 40 per cent of the stand was chestnut, white oak, and yellow 

 poplar. The trees ranged in diameter from 5 to 10 inches. 



The following tables show the number of trees of different diameter 

 required to produce the stand of 15,000 feet of lumber per acre : 



TABLE VI. 

 (Average number of trees to produce 1000 feet of lumber.) 



Species. Diameter breastliig-li. 



18 inches. 34 inches 30 inches. 



Chestnut 4 2 1 



White Oak 5 2 1 



Yellow Poplar 4 2 1 



TABLE VIL 

 (Number of trees to produce stand of 15,000 feet of lumber.) 



Chestnut 50 per cent = 7.5 M 



White Oak 40 " " = 6.0 M 



Yellow Poplar 10 " " = 1.5 M 



Diameter brcasthigh. 

 18 inches. 34 inches. 30 inches. 



Chestnut 30 15 8 



White Oak 30 12 6 



Yellow Poplar 6 3 2 



Total 66 30 16 



It is necessary to have from 16 to 66 trees per acre of chestnut, white 

 oak, and yellow poplar to produce the desired stand. 



On the 62 acres of slope timber measured there were 48 trees per acre 

 of this species, and if we include the red and chestnut oaks, we have 65 



