﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
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  dred 
  of 
  the 
  straightest 
  and 
  best 
  formed 
  trees 
  on 
  each 
  acre 
  and 
  figure 
  

   on 
  these 
  as 
  forming 
  the 
  final 
  crop. 
  Trees 
  surrounding 
  the 
  selected 
  

   individuals 
  should 
  be 
  cut 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  give 
  crown 
  and 
  root 
  room 
  

   and 
  allow 
  them 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  diameter 
  growth. 
  This 
  operation 
  

   should 
  be 
  repeated 
  whenever 
  the 
  trees 
  become 
  crowded. 
  When 
  a 
  

   stand 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  finally 
  matures 
  (50 
  to 
  55 
  years 
  is 
  the 
  economic 
  

   rotation 
  for 
  pine) 
  a 
  clear 
  cutting 
  operation 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  ideal 
  

   method, 
  leaving 
  three 
  to 
  five 
  seed 
  trees 
  per 
  acre 
  if 
  natural 
  repro- 
  

   duction 
  is 
  desired, 
  or 
  planting 
  up 
  the 
  cut-over 
  area 
  with 
  small 
  seed- 
  

   lings 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  other 
  alternative. 
  By 
  growing 
  in 
  close 
  stands 
  

   for 
  the 
  first 
  thirty 
  years, 
  the 
  following 
  advantages 
  are 
  gained: 
  

   1st, 
  height 
  growth 
  is 
  increased 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  competition 
  for 
  light; 
  

   2d, 
  after 
  about 
  ten 
  years 
  the 
  side 
  branches 
  meet 
  and 
  the 
  natural 
  

   pruning 
  takes 
  place 
  ; 
  3d, 
  the 
  early 
  formation 
  of 
  a 
  canopy 
  keeps 
  the 
  

   soil 
  in 
  a 
  higher 
  state 
  of 
  productivity. 
  

  

  Second: 
  Pure 
  stands 
  (uneven 
  aged). 
  See 
  illustration. 
  This 
  

   condition 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  pastures 
  that 
  are 
  beginning 
  to 
  revert 
  

   and 
  are 
  only 
  partially 
  covered 
  with 
  seedlings 
  of 
  various 
  ages, 
  or 
  

   where 
  a 
  pine 
  lot 
  has 
  been 
  thinned 
  leaving 
  the 
  sprawling 
  unmerch- 
  

   antable 
  timber 
  behind 
  and 
  seedlings 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  openings. 
  In 
  

   this 
  case 
  the 
  operation 
  is 
  different. 
  If 
  there 
  are 
  enough 
  trees 
  al- 
  

   ready 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  but 
  poorly 
  distributed, 
  the 
  proper 
  plan 
  would 
  

   be 
  to 
  cut 
  down 
  the 
  big 
  trees 
  that 
  have 
  passed 
  their 
  stage 
  of 
  profit- 
  

   able 
  growth 
  and 
  by 
  transplanting 
  trees 
  from 
  the 
  thickest 
  areas 
  to 
  

   the 
  blank 
  spots, 
  form 
  a 
  full 
  stand 
  spaced 
  as 
  near 
  6ft. 
  by 
  6ft. 
  as 
  

   possible. 
  If 
  there 
  are 
  not 
  enough 
  trees 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  do 
  this, 
  

   the 
  purchase 
  of 
  trees 
  to 
  fill 
  in 
  will 
  be 
  more 
  economical 
  than 
  wait- 
  

   ing 
  for 
  natural 
  reproduction. 
  

  

  The 
  third 
  condition 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  pine 
  in 
  mixture 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  

   treated 
  under 
  management 
  of 
  that 
  type. 
  

  

  Opportunities 
  for 
  the 
  Practice 
  of 
  Forestry. 
  — 
  Within 
  the 
  pine 
  

   region 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  thousand 
  acres 
  that 
  are 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  

   more 
  suited 
  for 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  trees 
  than 
  for 
  crops. 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  

   light 
  sandy 
  soils 
  are 
  excellent 
  for 
  market 
  gardening, 
  but 
  the 
  in- 
  

   tensive 
  cultivation 
  and 
  heavy 
  fertilizing 
  that 
  this 
  entails 
  demand 
  

   close 
  markets 
  and 
  high 
  prices 
  for 
  the 
  product 
  so 
  that, 
  within 
  the 
  

  

  