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virgin timber, particularly in the pine types, it is estimated there is suffi- 

 cient to allow for a 20-year cut at the present rate of consumption. 



Second growth areas are mainly old fields which are reforesting to pine. 

 The timber on such lands at present is only merchantable for ties. 



Culled and cut-over lands date from 20 years ago to the present time 

 and have been culled heavily. A large acreage of these lands is suitable 

 for agriculture, but will probably not be so utilized for many years. At 

 present the cut-over areas present a sorry appearance stripped, as they 

 have been, of their timber. 



Farms range from 20 to 500 acres in size. Truck growing, stock raising 

 and the production of staples, such as cotton and corn, are the principal 

 farming activities. New lands are slowly being cleared and except where 



Reproduction of Longleaf Pine on Protected Cut-over Lands. 



timber can be easily hauled to the railroad it is burned on the ground. 

 Some farm lands have been abandoned where severe erosion has taken 

 place. One-half the county is under hog law and the sentiment is rapidly 

 growing. 



Mill operations have been conducted on a more or less extensive scale 

 for about 20 years. Three large mills are located in the county and one 

 company trams its logs to Angelina County. The present annual cut is 

 75,000,000 feet. 



Although turpentining is not at present carried on, there is a good 

 opening for the industry in Nacogdoches County. The tie output during 

 the past year totaled 15,000 ties, 90 per cent being pine and 10 per cent 



