Table 4--Total versus cost-shared acres planted 
in the South, 1981-85 
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1981-85 
Percent 
Thousands of acres change 
All 
planting 
(South- 
wide) 388 415 477 590 712 +84 
Cost- 
share 
totals 271 248 266 268 332 +23 
Percentage 
Percent 
of 
planting 
cost- 
shared 70 60 56 45 47 
Table 5--Use of public forestry assistance pro- 
grams among southern landowners reforesting 
after selling timber in 1983, by owners and acres 
Percent of owners 
Program vehicle using Acres 
Only tax credit 23 30 
Both tax credit and 
cost-sharing 36 32 
Only cost-sharing 12 9 
Neither tax credit 
nor cost-sharing 23 25 
Unable to respond 6 4 
Total 100 100 
