GROWING PINE TIMBER FOR PROFIT IN THE SOUTH 11 



of the Crossett Lumber Co. This survey has been quite an extensive 

 and thorough one, the land suitable for growing timber having been 

 divided into five classes, viz : 



(A) Land suitable for farming. 



(B) Land more suitable for growing timber: 



1. Severely burned type. 



2. Seed-tree type. 



3. Pole type. 



4. Old-field type. 



5. Hardwood type. 



The company does not believe that timber should be grown on land 

 that can be more profitably used for farming. The farmer is play- 

 ing an important part in the welfare of the community at the present 

 time, and he is destined to play a greater part in the future. It is 

 the policy of the company to help the farmers, and a farm demon- 

 stration bureau has been maintained by the company many years 

 for this purpose. A prosperous and contented farmer is a real asset 

 to any community. The forest survey shows all lands that are more 

 suitable for farming than for growing timber. Much of this area 

 is already in farms, and the company is attempting to have the 

 remaining portion put in cultivation. 



The remaining divisions in the survey show areas that can be more 

 profitably used in growing timber than in growing cotton, corn, soy 

 beans, or other farm products. First of these divisions is a type 

 of land that is called " severely burned." This is logged-over land 

 that has no seed trees left on it, or at least not enough so that nature 

 will bring it back to forest cover. Seedlings will have to be planted 

 on this type of land if it is to have any reproduction on it. 



The second division, " seed-tree type," is an area having enough 

 reproduction on it at the present time so that nature will reseed the 

 land within a reasonable time. If we are successful in establishing 

 a perpetual operation, areas such as these will probably not be logged 

 until the third time over. 



The third division is classed as a " pole-type " area. This land 

 has a stand of young timber on it at the present time, and can not 

 fall into this class unless it has more than 1,200 board feet on it. 

 Some, but not all, of this area will be logged the second time over. 



The next division is an " old-field type " division, and is somewhat 

 similar to the " pole-type " areas, in that some of these old fields will 

 be logged in the second time over. 



The last division takes in all " hardwoods," and these areas are 

 generally located in the lowlands along the bayous. The timber 

 must run more than 60 per cent hardwood to fall under this class. 



The company is not only interested in the quantity of stumpage 

 on the cut-over lands at the present time, but also in its quality, and 

 at the same time what the area will have on it as far as both quality 

 and quantity are concerned at any designated future date. For this 

 reason the survey shows a division of sizes at the present time as well 

 as a quality separation, and in the case of hardwoods a species divi- 

 sion — i. e., hickory, gum, white oak, and all other oak. Growth 

 studies have been made in each area so that the amount of stumpage 

 available at any future date may be computed. 



For any company attempting to place its operation on a perpetual 

 basis, the most important phase of forestry work next to a general 



