28. — A 70-year-old stand of second-grouth longleaf pine 

 in the southern Coastal Plain after selective logging. 

 The original timber was cut about 1888, when trees 20 

 inches and larger ivere taken. The second cut, in 1909, 

 included trees down to 14 inches in diameter and removed 

 the remainder of the virgin timber. The tract uas logged 

 for the third time in 1938, on a selective basis. This cut- 

 ting removed 4,500 board feet of timber per acre, leaving 

 6,000 board feet per acre. The trees removed ivere tur- 

 pentined for 3 years prior to cutting. 



29.— -The T. R. Miller Mill Co., Brewton, Ala., ouns many 

 thousand acres of thrifty second-growth longleaf pine in 

 southwest Alabama and northwest Florida. Protection 

 from fire, begun in 1924, has resulted in uell-stocked 

 stands: A, A 30-year-old stand of longleaf pine with from 

 400 to 500 trees per acre, ranging from 4 inches to 12 

 inches, d. b. h. The stand is ready for its first cutting, 

 and the trees to be reserved have been tnarked with white 

 paint. In the first cutting one-third to one-half of the 

 stand will be removed. B, Posts and small poles are 

 produced in the first cutting operation. Posts measuring 

 2]A inches at the top and 6% feet long are the smallest 

 size merchantable. Close utilization is thus practiced. 



C, After the first cutting for posts and poles. The residual 

 stand contains from 200 to 250 trees per acre in sizes 4 to 

 11 inches, d. b. h. An equal number was cut, and suc- 

 cessive cuttings uill be made at 3- to 5-year intervals. 



D, In this stand, thinned in 1932 and each succeeding 

 year until 1937, on each acre 100 trees measuring 8 to 14 

 inches in diameter ivere left. The growth rate has been 

 3 inches in diameter in 10 years. A sawlog cutting ivill 

 be made 15 years hence, on a selective basis. In the fore- 

 ground is a burned protective strip. 



26. — 24-year-old longleaf pine 

 on an old clear-cut area in 

 the southern Coastal Plain. 

 Fire has been kept out. 



27. — Logged selectively 30 

 years ago, this stand of long- 

 leaf pine is ready for another 

 cut of high-grade timber. 



