SHORTLEAF PINE IN VIRGINIA 

 TABLE 7. 



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Yearly increment of. shortleaf pine in cords (stem-wood and bark) of all 

 trees three inches and over in diameter, breasthigh. 



In both thinned and unthinned stands on average sites the 

 maximum yield in cords per acre is obtained by cutting between 

 the. ages of twenty and twenty-five years, at which time a yield of 

 fifty-seven cords per acre can be secured, or an average of 2.2 

 cords an acre a year. The size of the wood which is obtained at 

 that time is, however, much smaller than that from older stands, 

 and this fact affects its value. 



