IS FORESTRY PRACTICABLE ON LONG- 

 LEAF PINE LANDS? 



BY 

 JOHN L. KAUL 



President Kaul Lumber Company of Alabama 



T" 1 HE subject assigned to me is "The Practicability 

 of Forestry on Longleaf Pine Lands." My 

 acquaintance with the Southern pine belt has extended 

 over a period of seventeen years. During that time I 

 have constantly observed the deplorable effect upon the 

 forest of lumbering without regard to the future. 

 My experience with the actual application of forestry 

 to longleaf pine lands, however, has been limited to 

 the tracts in which I am particularly interested. I 

 have thought, therefore, that the Congress would be 

 more interested to hear of the plans which have been 

 made for the management of the forest on these 

 lands and of the results which have thus far been 

 attained. 



I shall deal directly, therefore, with the timber 

 lands of the Kaul Lumber Company, and what forestry 

 offers for them. 



These lands are located in central Alabama, and 

 comprise mainly a forest of pure longleaf pine. Situ- 

 ated at a rather unusual elevation for the species, and 

 on the extreme north of its range, the timber is, 

 nevertheless, equal to the best in the more widely 

 known pineries of the Atlantic Coast and nearer the 

 Gulf. The fine quality of the timber and the char- 

 acter of the market which the product reaches has 

 enabled the company to make a specialty of the choice 

 grades of finishing and edge-grain flooring. 



