Bui. 1061, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate 



Fig. 1. — Here is going on the complete removal of the forest cover with no hope of its returning 

 naturally. After being cupped for two years, practically every pine is cut for saw timber or 

 pulpwood. The tops and culls are being worked up into pulpwood; but regrettably, all the 

 small young trees down to 4 inches are being taken. This type of logging, with the exception 

 of the close utilization, is widely practiced over the longleaf belt. 



Fig. 2. — The South has some 30,000,000 acres of waste and idle land suitable for producing 100 to 

 400 board feet of longleaf pine yearly, together with a steady yield of turpentine. In the develop- 

 ment of the country's resources these lands are bound to be among the South's greatest assets. 



THE PASSING OF THE LONGLEAF FOREST. 



