UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 234 



Contribution from the Forest Service 

 HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF 



LODGEPOLE PINE IN THE 



ROCKY MOUNTAINS 



By 

 D. T. MASON, Assistant District Forester, District 1 



CONTENTS 



Pago 



Ownership and Supply 1 



Characteristics of the Wood 3 



Uses 4 



Fire-Killed Timber 7 



Size and Contents of Various Products . 8 



Annual Cut .' 9 



Methods of Lumbering 10 



Costs and Selling Prices 14 



Charcoal Making 20 



Management of Lodgepole Stands . . 21 



Rotation 22 



Methods of Cutting 23 



Brush Disposal 32 



Regulating the Cut 35 



Reforestation 39 



Protection 46 



Summary 48 



Appendix — Volume Tables . . . t . 49 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1915 



