UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 308 



Contribution from the Forest Service 

 HENRY S. GRAVES. Forester 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



November 22, 1915 



SHORTLEAF PINE: 



ITS ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND 



FOREST MANAGEMENT 



Bt 



WILBUR R. MATTOON, Forest Examiner 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Adaptability for Forest Management . . 1 



Name 2 



Present Supply 2 



Annual Cat of Southern Yellow Pine . . 5 



The Wood 6 



Lumber Industry 11 



Stumpage Value 21 



Essentials of Forest Management ... 24 



Protection 24 



Page 



Yield 27 



Rotation 32 



Thinnings 34 



Cutting and Reproduction 45 



Cutting on the National Forests of Arkan- 

 sas 48 



Regeneration by Sewing and Planting . 61 



Appendix . 56 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1915 



