CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

 use tor turpentine ........................................ 



Growth .... ..... ..... ...... .......................................... 



Quality- claw I. . . * ................. 



Quality, class II .............................................. 56 



Quality, claw III ............................................. 



Old nHd stands .............................................. 57 



Determination of Quality Sites 57 



Growth In height 

 Growth In diameter. 

 Growth In volunn- 



:>ic feet 



58 

 63 

 66 

 66 



Board feet ................................................... 66 



Volume table* ....................................................... 72 



Yield of pure even-aged stands . . . .TN^r*^^ i-r-.-m-T^ ............... 87 



In cubic feet and cords ........................................ 88 



In board feet ................................................. 90 



Graded rolume tables ....................... * ......................... 98 



9 ,radlng of logs .................................................. 98 



Grade 1 ......................................... ............ 98 



Grade 2 ..................................................... 98 



Grade 3 ..................................................... 99 



Grade 4 ..................................................... 99 



Grade 5 ..................................................... 99 



Red heart logs ............................................... 99 



Grading of lumber ................................................ 100 



No. 1 grade ........... ....................................... 100 



No. 2 grade .................................... .............. 100 



No. 3 grade .................................................. 100 



No. 4 grade .................................................. 100 



No. 5 grade .................................................. 100 



Firm redheart ............................................... 101 



Bark strips .................................................. 101 



Increase In value of trees ............................................. 119 



Density of stand .................................................. 128 



Quality site ..................................................... 128 



Rate of growth and age of stand ................................... 128 



Management ................................................. : ....... 134 



Moat profitable age and size at which to cut ........................ 135 



Mixed stands ................................................ 135 



Pure even-aged stands for saw timber ......................... 136 



Pure even-aged stands for cordwood ........................... 140 



Open pure uneven-aged stands ................................ 142 



Increasing the revenue from timber land ........................... 143 



Reducing waste In logging .................................... 143 



Rules to govern logging ....................................... 146 



Increase In cost of handling small timber ...................... 146 



Relative value of trees for different uses ........................... 147 



SllvU ultural systems of cutting in different types .................. 148 



< 1 ) Upland old field .................................. " ........ 149 



(2) Permanent of "natural" loblolly pine type ............ .151 



