﻿42 BULLETIN 11, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUKE. 



(6) Mixed sapling stands of pine and hardwoods. — Give disengage- 

 ment cutting, freeing the tops of the pines by cutting back hard- 

 woods overtopping them. 



Loblolly Pine on Fresh to Dry Uplands. 



(1) In mixed mature stands with other pines and hardwoods, chiefly 

 oaks. — On light soils cut clean, leaving loblolly seed trees, as described 

 on page 30. Burn area before seed-fall to improve seed bed. On 

 dry heavy soils shortleaf pine should be favored in preference to 

 loblolly,, since it will reproduce better on such sites. 



(2) Cut-over mixed pine and hardwoods, with mixed reproduction. — 

 Clean cut all mature trees, and make disengagement cuttings favor- 

 ing pine in the sapling reproduction. Plant or sow with loblolly 

 pine any vacant places which occur on light soils, and with shortleaf 

 pine on heavy soils. 



(3) Immature stands of pure pine. — Thin as recommended on pages 

 38 to 40. 



(4) Mixed immature stands of pine and hardwoods. — Thin as recom- 

 mended on page 40. 



(5) Idle land with a dry light soil not restocking naturally to loblolly 

 pine. — Should be planted with 3-year-old nursery stock (2-year 

 transplants). On dry, heavy soils it is better to use shortleaf pine. 



