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77. — A, Stand of virgin timber in eastern Oregon which 

 averages approximately 14,000 board feet per acre, owned 

 by the Ochoco Timber Co. B, Same area after logging 

 in 1938, approximately 11,000 board feet per acre having 

 been cut and 3,000 board feet per acre left for a second 

 cutting. The cut included approximately 10 merchant- 

 able trees per acre, and the stand left averages 7 mer- 

 chantable trees per acre. 



78. — Dense reproduction on lands logged over by the 

 New Mexico Lumber & Timber Co. The largest trees are 

 blackjack pines of 14 to 18 inches diameter at breast 

 height. Approximately 7,000 board feet per acre was 

 cut, and approximately 3,500 feet per acre gross volume 

 was left. 



79. — View taken along an 3-mile stretch of the Dallas- 

 California highway south from Lava Butte. It shows 

 reproduction on operations of the Shevlin Hixon Lumber 

 Co. in eastern Oregon 12 to 15 years after cutting. Some 

 areas shoiv very little reproduction. Fires have been 

 kept out. The size of the trees left varies according to 

 the stand existing at the time of cutting. Some areas 

 which were logged ivith tractors show a much heavier 

 stand of trees up to 10 or 12 inches in diameter. 



