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Ficure 9.—Distribution of cordwood volumes as between pines and hardwoods-cypress in each survey 
Figures in parenthesis indicate millions of cords. 
unit. 
in trees 9.0 to 12.9 inches d. b. h., and 59 percent of the 
hardwood volume is in trees 13.0 to 18.9 inches d. b. h. 
(table 13). 
Much of the saw-timber volume in the three northern 
survey units of the State is in old-field stands in which 
the trees are too widely spaced to grow high-quality 
saw-logs. A classification of the pine saw-timber trees 
into smooth, limby, and rough was made as a part of a 
supplemental study for volume tables. As shown in 
table 14, which is based upon data taken in central and 
north-central Georgia only, about 40 percent of the pine 
saw-timber volume is in smooth trees, 52 percent is in 
limby trees, and 8 percent is in rough trees. As a general 
rule, pine trees in old-growth stands are superior in saw- 
Also 
considerable difference can be noticed among the pine 
timber quality to those in second-growth stands. 
species; loblolly pine trees are generally the limbiest, and 
longleaf pines, seldom found in old-field stands, are the 
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smoothest. The two units in south 
Georgia have a much smaller area 
of old-field stands and consequently 
exhibit a better proportion of smooth 
stems than the more agricultural units 
to the north. 
Cordwood Volumes 
At date of survey, the total net 
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volume of usable cordwood, includ- 
ing saw-timber material, in both 
sound and cull 5.0 inches 
d. b. h. and larger, was-about 250 
million standard cords, almost equally 
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trees 
divided between pines and_hard- 
As indicated in table 15, 
43 percent of this total cordwood 
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woods. 
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volume is in south Georgia; 30 per- 
cent in central Georgia; 13 percent 
in north-central Georgia; and 14 
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percent in north Georgia. Figure 9 
and table 15 indicate the distribution 
of this total as between pines and 
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hardwoods-cypress in each survey 
unit. 
This cordwood volume, as shown 
in table 16, includes: 
1. The merchantable of 
sawlog-size trees (same material as 
that previously 
timber). 
2. The upper portion of saw- 
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sak 
stems 
shown as saw 
timber trees not suited for sawlogs 
but usable as cordwood. This includes the upper stems 
of all species to a variable top diameter (but not less than 
4 inches), and the limbs of hardwoods and cypress to a 
minimum of 4 inches outside bark. 
3. Sound trees under sawlog size at least 5.0 inches 
Tasie 15.—Distribution of total net cordwood volume by survey unit} 
F & Hardwoods and 
Survey unit Pine cypress All woods 
Million | Million Million 
cords |Percent| cords |Percent| cords | Percent 
Soutiheastss-= eases 38. 4 31 41.6 34 80. 0 32 
Southwest__.--_----=... 16.8 13 10. 4 8 27.2 ML 
Centralia iste ae ses BY Ti 30 38545 (mew nol 76.1 30 
North-central_________-_ vari 14 13.7 ll 31.4 13° 
IN Orthsc8 ee ee 14.9 12 20. 4 16 35.3 14 ie 
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otal ace awaee 125.5 100 | 124.5 100 | 250.0 100 
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1 Including saw timber as of date of survey, 1934-36. For detailed record 
by survey unit and quality class of cordwood material see table 43 in the - 
appendix, : 
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