TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Commercial outlook 5 



Distribution 7 



Forest characteristics 8 



Form of stem and root system 8 



Silvical characteristics 10 



Soil and moisture requirements 10 



Temperature and light 10 



Reproduction 11 



Diseases and defects 11 



Sensitiveness to fire 11 



Other injurious agencies 12 



Properties and uses of wood 13 



Growth 17 



Yield 23 



Graded volume tables 24 



Increase in value with size 28 



Increase in price 29 



Increasing the yield from timber land 30 



Management 31 



Developing a desirable form of stand 31 



Sprout forms 31 



High forest forms 32 



Maturity of timber 36 



Single trees in mixed stands 3G 



Determination of future yield from future stands 38 



Pure stands 41 



General instructions 44 



Protection 44 



Elimination cuttings 45 



Thinnings 45 



Better utilization 48 



Reduction of waste 48 



Selling timber in the most profitable form 49 



Plantations 51 



Cost of growing 55 



Soil value 55 



Cost of planting 55 



Yield 55 



Interest rate 55 



Protection 55 



Taxes 56 



