Possibilities of a Second Cut 3 



tative information as to the growth and financial returns obtain- 

 able by leaving a stand for later removal. 



While actual demonstration of results is the most convincing 

 argument, it requires that some companies make the attempt, else 

 the time will come when there will no longer be an incentive to 

 existing firms to cut conservatively. A mill with twenty years' 

 cut ahead is in better position to try out the plan than one with 

 but five years to run. Even without such a demonstration it is 

 possible to predict with fair accuracy the growth that will occur 

 after cutting and to outline measures which will assure a second 

 crop. 



REPORT ON LANDS IN ASHLEY COUNTY, ARKANSAS 



The report of the Class of 1912, Yale Forest School, to the 

 Crossett Lumber Company, on their tract in Ashley County, 

 Arkansas, is presented herewith. This report deals with local con- 

 ditions. Previous work of the School in Louisiana and Texas indi- 

 cates that similar conclusions may be drawn for the better and 

 more accessible areas of longleaf and shortleaf pine throughout the 

 South. 



MAPPING THE TRACT 



The area covered by this report includes approximately 27,000 

 acres lying south of Crossett, partly in Arkansas and partly in 

 Louisiana. The greatest difference in elevation is about 150 feet 

 and the country is either flat or gently rolling, with occasional 

 abrupt slopes. Logging roads can be laid out with little regard 

 to topography. This greatly lessens the value of a topographic 

 map, but for purposes of instruction one was prepared on a scale 

 of 2,000 feet to the inch, with horizontal contours showing 5-foot 

 differences in elevation. Upon this map streams, dry gulches 

 and roads were shown. 



The timber areas were plotted on the map in distinctive colors, 

 according to character of stand. The stands shown are as follows : 



(a) Mature pine timber chiefly of large size with insufficient 

 young timber to justify a second cut. 



(b) Pine timber of all ages containing enough young timber 

 to justify a second cut. 



(c) Brush land with hardwoods and scattered pine averaging 

 less than 1,000 feet b.m. of pine per acre. 



(d) Cut-over pine land with practically all mature pine 

 removed. 



