Prolonging the Cut of Southern Pine 



part I 

 possibilities of a second cut 



By Herman H. Chapman 



INTRODUCTION 



Since 1907 the Yale Forest School has conducted the field work 

 and instruction of the Senior class in the spring term in coopera- 

 tion with lumber companies located in the southern states. The 

 companies which have extended this cooperation are: 



1907, Missouri Lumber and Mining Co., Grandin, Missouri. 



1908, Kaul Lumber Co., Hollins, Alabama. 



1909, Thompson Brothers Lumber Co., Doucette, Texas. 



1910, Louisiana Central Lumber Co., Clarks, Louisiana. 



1911, Thompson Brothers Lumber Co., Trinity, Texas. 



1912, Crossett Lumber Co., Crossett, Arkansas. 



1913, Southern Lumber Co., Warren, Arkansas. 



In no case has there been a formal contract between the com- 

 pany and the School, but under verbal agreement the company 

 has allowed the students the freedom of its mills and lands for 

 purposes of instruction, built temporary wooden shacks for quar- 

 ters in camp, instructed its employees to give such information 

 as will be of assistance in instruction in logging and milling, and 

 furnished commissary supplies at reasonable prices. The stu- 

 dents maintain their own commissary in camp and pay all their 

 own expenses. 



The work is conducted primarily with the object of instruction, 

 but a large amount of information is collected and given to the 

 company. This consists of a topographic map, an estimate and 

 description of timber and young growth, data on the growth of 

 the timber, suggestions for management of the tract for the pro- 

 duction of wood, and studies of present utilization and waste in 

 logging. It has been possible so to combine training and practi- 

 cal work that although prepared by comparatively inexperienced 

 students, the data and maps obtained have shown a creditable 



