lands, prepared in 1932 by 

 Putnam and Bull, won the 

 admiration of an influential 

 audience and its subse- 

 quent support for the 

 establishment of a research 

 center and hardwood labo- 

 ratory at Stoneville, MS. 



The postwar period after 

 1 945 saw a major expansion 

 of forest management 

 research in both pine and 

 hardwood types with a 

 wide variety of investigations 

 by many scientists. This 

 work has provided the 

 basis for guidelines that are 

 now available for cultural 

 and harvestig practices for 

 all the major species in all 

 important forest types in 

 the South. Since the 

 mid-1 940's more than 190 

 scientists at the Southern 

 Forest Experiment Station 

 published papers and 

 articles dealing with the 

 culture of timber stands, 

 including silvicultural prac- 

 tices, basic physiology, 

 control of unwanted 

 vegetation, soils and fertil- 

 ization, and nutrient cycling. 

 At the Southeastern Forest 

 Experiment Station, hun- 

 dreds of publications on 

 forest management also 

 were issued during these 



years by more than 200 

 scientists. 



At schools of forestry 

 throughout the South, other 

 research scientists, such as 

 T.S. Coile at North Carolina 

 State University and J.L 

 Clutter at the University of 

 Georgia, likewise produced 

 much useful information on 

 timber growth and yields 

 and other aspects of forest 

 management. Research 

 staffs of pulp and paper 

 companies conducted and 

 cooperated in many studies 

 of thinning, hardwood 

 control, harvest cutting, 

 forest regeneration, and 

 timber harvesting equip- 

 ment and methods. 



The classification of "timber 

 culture" is necessarily some- 

 what arbitrary, however, 

 and many other studies 

 relating to fire, regeneration, 

 genetics, or economics 

 also included aspects of 

 cultural practices. Scientists 

 working in different areas of 

 research, as cited else- 

 where, have also made 

 significant contributions in 

 the broadly defined field of 

 timber management. 



Much of the research in 

 forest management con- 



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