Slash pines from broadcast seeding, mostly- 

 hidden in the grass which in this wet soil 

 acts as a natural nurse against sun and 

 drying winds (March 1918). The seed 

 was sown in November 191 7. 



The same stand shown above, 18 years 

 later (March 1936). Five cords of wood 

 per acre could now be cut and in a few more 

 years the stand could be worked for 

 turpentine. F-319937 



