The well-developed turpentine stands had an average of 
23 and a minimum of 8 possible faces per acre on round, 
resting, or working trees at least 9 inches d. b. h., or 
sufficient to warrant working under present practices. 
The advanced sapling stands had a sufficient number of 
round trees, largely in the 8-inch diameter class, to be 
ready for working within 8 years. Young sapling stands, 
made up chiefly of 2-, 4-, and 6-inch trees, would require 
about 15 years of additional growth before reaching work- 
ing condition. Reproduction and clear-cut stands would 
need more than 20 years of further development. 
Present Areas 
For descriptive purposes, the turpentine area has been 
classified according to crop history (table 35, appendix). 
Tape 21.—Turpentining status of productive forest areas of south Georgia 
on different topogrephic situations, 1934 
Survey unit and turpentine Flat- 
5 |Swamps, 
Rolling |", <4 ee 
history woods | uplands | Pays, | All situations 
Southeast: | 
Turpentine area: | Per- 
Working: Acres | Acres | Acres Acres cent 
Front-faced-______....__ 139, 400} 73,900; 53, 700} 267,000) 4.8 
Back-faced ______________|1, 271, 700) 888, 800) 638, 300}2, 798, 800) 49.9 
Total working_________|1, 411, 100) 962,700] 692, 00/3, 065, 800} 54. 7 
Resting and worked out 844, 500) 27 300) 398, 500/}1, 670, 300} 29.8 
Round _ aes |mei30 5 00H m 262: au 235, 000) 867,800) 15.5 
| 
626, 100| 1, 652, 300] 1, 325, 500/5, 603, 900} 100, 0 
Nonturpentine area_________| 279, 400] 157, 300/1, 015, 600} 1, 452, 300} ---__- 
N 
Total commercial forest | 
area_ 
wo 
905, 5001, 809, 600) 2, 341, 1007, 056, 200) --___- 
| 
Southwest: 
Turpentine area: 
Working: | 
Front-faced _____ 35,900) 122, 
Back-faced ___.-_______- | 169,400) 397,8 
| 
| 
33, 600) 191, 700 8.1 
95,100) 662,300) 28.1 
Total working...._____| 205,300! 520,000| 128, 700| 854, 000| 36. 2 
| | 
Resting and worked out__| 168,600) 492,100) 189, 200} 849,900) 36.1 
Round._-.__-__________| 71,100] 486,500] 95,900) 653,500| 27.7 
Total turpentine_____-____ | 445, 000) 1, 498, 600) 413, 800) 2, 357, 400) 100. 0 
Nonturpentine area______ | 23, 100} 294; 800) 338, 700) 656, 600|_- 
| 
Total commercial forest | | 
area_ Bh eee oe AGS; 100}1, 793, 400) 752, 500 3, 014, 000) _____- 
Total: 
Turpentine area: | 
Working: | | 
Mront-taceder ssa = 175, 300} 196, 100 87,300) 458, 700 5.8 
Back-faced) =.= =.= Ste 1, 441, 100}1, 286, 600} 733, 400.3, 461,100) 43.5 
Total working_________ |1, 616, 4001, 482,700) 820, 700)3,919, 800! 49.3 
Resting and worked out__}1,013, 100) 919, 400) 587, 700) 2, 520, 200) 31.6 
FROUNGES eer ne nee 441,600) 748,800) 330, 900)1, 521,300) 19.1 
Total turpentine_______- 3, 071, 100|3, 150, 900) 1, 739, 300|7. 961, 300} 100. 0 
Nonturpentine area________- 302, 500} 452, 100/1, 354, 300)2, 108, 900)___ _ _- 
Total commercial forest 
CiReH ye Span nee ee er ee 3, 373, 6003, 603, 000/3, 098, 600} 10,070,200) _ ____ 
Round-timber areas are those in which practically all of — 
the slash and longleaf pines, both young and old, are un- — 
worked and in sufficient quantities to justify working. 
Round-timber stands occupy more than 115 million acres, a 
or 19 percent of the turpentine area. Most of them can — 
be worked in connection with present naval stores opera- 
tions. 
Working areas where turpentining operations are in 
progress and trees are cupped for the first time are known 
as front-faced; those where the main body of trees is being 
worked a second time are called back-faced. The 4 million 
acres of working turpentine area furnished the gum naval 
stores production of the 1934-35 season and will play a 
large part in the production for the decade following; 
nearly 3/5 million acres was back-faced and approximately 
half the cups were on back faces. Almost 1% million 
acres, or 42 percent of the working area, had an average 
of 33 cups per acre on working trees, which should furnish 
approximately 21 back faces per acre during the next 
8 years. Associated round trees, reaching turpentine size 
within this period, will furnish additional faces. 
Areas in which the front faces had been worked out 
and the trees were being rested before further operation 
of the back faces, and areas in which all the trees of work- 
ing size had been completely worked out, both front and _ 
back faces, were grouped together in the field classifica- 
tion; they occupied approximately 2!5 million acres, or 
32 percent of the turpentine area. About half of this area: 
had an average of 18 future back faces per acre in addition 
to potential faces on 6 round trees in the 10-inch diameter 
class. There were also about 80 round trees of various 
sizes less than 9.0 inches d. b. h. 
Future Supplies 
On the assumptions that in the future a 9-inch minimum- 
diameter limit for turpentining will be rather closely ad- 
hered to, presumably not before 1950 will the number of 
smal] trees attaining proper turpentining size be sufficient 
to meet the normal requirements for round timber. About 
that year, however, and thereafter it is estimated that 
annual requirements will be met for new round and back- 
cup trees 9 inches d. b. h. and larger. Actual increase in 
the stand of turpentine pines between 1934 and 1938 is 
given in table 36, appendix. 
Computations of future supply have been based upon 
the assumption that all living round and working longleaf 
and slash pine trees will be available for naval stores opera- 
tion. If sawlogs, pulpwood, and other forest products are 
taken from unworked trees in increased numbers in the 
future, the supply of round trees for the gum naval stores 
industry will, of course, be reduced. In the interindustry 
competition for round trees, the stumpage prices paid the 
