Bui. 154, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate III. 



Fig. 1.— Lodgepole Timber. 



- Heavy stand of overmature stull timber about 200 years old, Deerlodge National Forest. 



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This stand is 60 years of age and now has about 250 trees per acre. The thinning was made 

 18 years ago, which removed about 250 trees per acre, although at that time the density was 

 about normal. The stand now has 3,200 board feet per acre. 



