CONTENTS 



Part I. Possibilities of a Second Cut 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Present policy in the South 2 



Report on lands in Ashley County, Arkansas 3 



Mapping the tract 3 



Estimate and description 4 



Composition of the forest 4 



Damage 5 



Age classes 6 



Reproduction of pine 6 



Growth of pine 7 



Management of the tract 9 



Agricultural possibilities 9 



Securing a second cut of pine 1 



Condition of the cut-over lands 10 



Proposed plan for securing a better second cut 11 



Results of experimental marking for a second cut .... 11 



Necessity of marking trees to be cut 14 



Growth in thinned stands 14 



Growth in virgin stands la 



Increase in value of second cut 16 



Brush disposal 17 



Financial aspects 17 



Administration 19 



Sustained production of timber 20 



Summary of recommendations 21 



Part II. Close Utilization of Timber 



Introduction 23 



Stumps 23 



Breakage of boles in felling 25 



Crooked trees 25 



Forked trees 25 



Trimming lengths of logs 27 



Selection of log lengths 28 



Waste in the top 29 



Suggestions 31 



Duties of the saw boss 31 



