10 MISC. PUBLICATION 87, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Passing by Mr. Turner’s place one day, County Agent C. S. 
Johnson saw the good looking old-field pine timber and had a talk . 
with Mr. Turner regarding its value and possibilities. The county 
agent suggested thinning the more crowded stands and working 
into pulpwood the trees taken out. He stated that this operation 
would increase the growth of the trees left and enable the owner to 
make a profit from the smaller timber which was now being killed 
out and going to waste. This plan appealed to Mr. Turner, and 
he decided to thin out an acre as a demonstration. (Figure 5.) 
Following out the instructions given him, Mr. Turner cut 6% 
cords of pulpwood from about three-fourths of the acre and then 
decided to quit until he found out if it were going to pay. Another 
farmer in the community agreed to cut 414 cords of his timber into 
pulpwood so that they would have enough for a carload for ship- 
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Ficurp 6.—This young slash pine, averaging over 17 years of age, netted the 
owner $5. 6cu per acre 
ment to a paper mill in the next county. They joades the wood 
on a car just below Mr. Turner’s place, and it was shipped. Mr. 
Turner’s 614 cords netted him $3.57 per cord or a total of $23.20. He 
says this wood was not more than three-fourths of she timber 
marked to be cut. 
At the price received, Mr. Turner said he could cut and load his 
wood at a profit, to say nothing of the increased growth he will get 
on the remaining stand as a result of the improvement cutting. 
SLASH PINE IS PROFITABLE 
IN GEORGIA 
J. A. Crowmartie, Hazelhurst, Ga., finds profit in growing slash 
pine. In the spring of 1913, Mr. Crowmartie cut the timber off one 
of his pieces of land and left ‘three tall original pines per acre as seed 
trees. These completely reseeded the tract of about 8 acres, and the 
young growth got to be 14 years of age. 
