EXAMPLES OF EFFECTIVE FOREST 

 MANAGEMENT 



13. Fire lane on pulp company lands. Made with tractor and Mathis 

 plow. Used to divide the property so fire can be reached and confined 

 to small area by backfiring. Jones County. 





14. Excellent thinning of immature old-field loblolly stand by farmer 

 in Wake County. His product was tobacco wood. 



15. Seed trees and some merchantable growing stock left after cutting 

 on lumber company lands in Bertie County. The hardwood brush remains 

 a serious bar to reseeding. 



proved, that cattle grazing on forest lands in eastern 

 North Carolina favors pine reproduction and also de- 

 creases the fire hazard by reducing the accumulation of 

 litter. The direct effect of cattle is to remove many com- 

 peting hardwoods by browsing and to trample pine seed 

 into the ground so that the seed comes in contact with the 

 mineral soil. It has been proved that grazing on forest 

 lands is profitable under certain conditions and during 

 specific seasons. 



However, cattle grazing has its limitations. There is 

 room for expansion in the cattle industry, but to increase 

 the industry to a point where it would solve the problem 

 in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain, would mean the use of 

 such numbers that it would be impossible to feed the stock 

 during the seasons when the forest areas would not sup- 

 port them. 



Further research is definitely needed, especially in the 

 Piedmont region. Dr. C. M. Kaufman, Associate Professor 

 of Forest Research at N. C. State College, is now conduct- 

 ing a forest grazing study. No conclusions have been 

 reached at this time, as to the effect on pine reproduction. 



More information is needed as to the exact concentra- 

 tion of cattle per unit area to accomplish the desired re- 

 sults. Also, the use of sheep and goats may well be inves- 

 tigated, especially in cleaning tangled areas of brush, 

 brambles, and vines. 



2. Cleanings. The bush-axe is a fine silvicultural tool, 

 but one that is not used frequently enough at present. 

 Many forest areas could be put back into volume produc- 

 tion by the removal of brush and sprouts that are sup- 

 pressing the pine seedlings already present on the area. 



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