of high-grade material. Moreover, there is no indi- 

 cation that there will be an overproduction of high- 

 quality timber. 



The pictures in this publication show what some 

 private timberland owners in various parts of the 

 United States are doing to keep their lands produc- 

 tive and are representative of that 20 percent of the 

 privately owned forest area which the Forest Service 

 has reported as being under some form of manage- 

 ment. They indicate what the owners of the other 

 80 percent can do under similar circumstances. The 

 cutting methods illustrated vary, but they are all de- 

 signed to build up or maintain productive capacity 

 of the forests while merchantable products are peri- 

 odically removed. That is good forest practice, the 

 important thing being to maintain a sufficient number 

 of trees of proper size suitably spaced to utilize the 

 possibilities of the land in producing wood. The trees 

 are referred to as "growing stock." Growing stock 

 is like invested capital in that it yields an increment. 

 The increment in the case of capital appears as inter- 

 est or dividends. In the case of forest growing stock, 

 it appears as wood which can be converted to cash 

 when the trees reach salable size. 



8. — Finch, Pruyn & Co. cuttings in the Boreas Mountain sec- 

 tion, Essex County, N. Y.: A, Typical cut-over softwood flat. 

 It contained 12.73 cords and up per acre of pulpuood {peeled 

 basis) 5 inches in diameter at breast height comprised of 55 per- 

 cent red spruce and 45 percent balsam fir. After lumbering, 

 there remained 2.65 cords of sound pulpuood and 1,200 trees 

 per acre of reproduction and advance growth in sizes ranging 

 from 1 foot high to and including trees 4 inches in diameter at 

 breast height. B, Girdling a large inferior soft maple to release 

 the young softivood growth in its vicinity. 



9. — Selective cutting of loblolly pine on land of the Ches- 

 apeake Corporation in King and Queen County, Va. 

 Approximately 8% cords of pulpuood per acre uas cut. 

 Grouth of the remaining trees will be greatly increased. 



10. — Release cutting by the Chesapeake Corporation in a 

 large pole stand of loblolly pine in Gloucester County, 

 Va. About 30 percent of the stand uas removed to relieve 

 a stagnant crown condition. 



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