Acknowledgements 



Data for this study came from the New Hampshire plots 

 of the Hatch 149 project entitled "Effects of Site and Stocking 

 on the Growth of Eastern White Pine", a cooperative study 

 made jointly hy the Universities of Maine, Massachusetts, and 

 New Hampshire, and the Northeastern Forest Experiment Sta- 

 tion of tlie Forest Service (USDA). The Soil Conservation Ser- 

 vice (USDA) classified the soils on each plot. The authors wish 

 to acknowledge the work of Peter H. Allen in establishing the 

 plots, Charles Breeding in classifying the soils on each plot, 

 Robert Joly in analyzing tlie soil-site data, and William B. 

 Leak in suggesting some data analyses. Computations were run 

 on the IBM 360/50 system at the University of New Hampshire. 



