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State if a considerable part of the surplus growth were left 
in the stands in order to build up the volume of the grow- 
ing stock, increase the proportion of larger trees, and pro- 
vide for greater expansion as time goes on. 
With the exception of Texas, Georgia is the only one of 
the eight States in the lower South that added to its saw- 
timber growing stock in 1936. 
The Situation in Different Parts of the State 
In planning for the possible establishment of new 
industries and the expansion of the old ones, full con- 
sideration must be given to the comparison of growth and 
drain. The situation in one survey unit may be quite 
different from that in the State as a whole. For instance, 
in 1937 in south Georgia the saw-timber part of the grow- 
ing stock was reduced 90 million board feet, but for the 
same year, in each of the three northern units of Georgia, 
there was a surplus of growth over drain, and for the five 
Ficure 15.—Comparison of total growth and 
drain, 1937. Growth figures are given on 
chart in million cords. In south Georgia the 
areas not surveyed are excluded. 
units combined, the increase in saw-timber growing stock 
amounted to 843 million board feet, and in the entire 
growing stock, to 3% million cords. It is also necessary 
to consider the kind of drain that prevails locally. In the 
three northern units in 1937, more than four-fifths of the 
saw-timber increase was in pines; less than one-fifth, in 
hardwoods. Central Georgia, for all species combined, 
had 60 percent of the increase in saw-timber growing 
stock; north-central Georgia, 24 percent; and north 
Georgia, 16 percent. 
Quality of Material 
The process of gradual deterioration in the quality of the 
forest material should be recognized. Although in 1937 the - “f 
growing stock of the State increased by about 2 percent, 
actually the stands suffered a net loss in quality, because 
of the rapid liquidation of the high-grade timber. Growth 
figures simply do not take into consideration this factor 
