﻿PART 
  II. 
  

  

  FOREST 
  MANAGEMENT. 
  

   INTRODUCTION. 
  

  

  Under 
  ordinary 
  lumbering 
  the 
  forest 
  is 
  treated 
  as 
  if 
  its 
  value 
  lay 
  

   only 
  in 
  the 
  merchantable 
  timber 
  which 
  it 
  contains. 
  Under 
  practical 
  

   forestry 
  immature 
  trees 
  have 
  a 
  value 
  because 
  they 
  form 
  the 
  basis 
  for 
  

   future 
  crops. 
  Practical 
  forestry, 
  through 
  a 
  slight 
  expense 
  in 
  the 
  care 
  

   of 
  young 
  growth 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  from 
  fire, 
  insures 
  

   the 
  production 
  of 
  a 
  permanent 
  supply 
  of 
  timber. 
  Ordinary 
  lumber- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  .saving 
  this 
  expense 
  sacrifices 
  largely 
  or 
  wholly 
  the 
  productive 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  the 
  lumbered 
  area. 
  

  

  The 
  advantage 
  of 
  practical 
  forestry 
  as 
  a 
  business 
  investment 
  depends 
  

   naturally 
  upon 
  whether 
  it 
  offers 
  better 
  returns 
  than 
  those 
  to 
  be 
  had 
  

   from 
  ordinary 
  lumbering. 
  Since 
  practical 
  forestry 
  reduces 
  present 
  

   profits 
  slightly, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  forest 
  may 
  produce 
  a 
  steady 
  supply 
  

   of 
  timber, 
  its 
  financial 
  success 
  rests 
  upon 
  the 
  safety 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   future 
  crops 
  which 
  it 
  fosters. 
  For 
  example, 
  uncontrollable 
  danger 
  of 
  

   fire 
  makes 
  forestry 
  unadvisable, 
  since 
  the 
  care 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  production 
  

   of 
  a 
  second 
  crop 
  may 
  be 
  nullified 
  by 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  forest. 
  

   Again, 
  a 
  low 
  profit 
  on 
  lumbering 
  may 
  render 
  the 
  probable 
  value 
  of 
  

   future 
  crops 
  of 
  timber 
  insufficient 
  to 
  justify 
  the 
  attempt 
  to 
  foster 
  

   them. 
  

  

  The 
  tract 
  of 
  the 
  Sawyer 
  & 
  Austin 
  Lumber 
  Company 
  presents 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  which 
  render 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  practical 
  forestry 
  a 
  thoroughly 
  

   sound 
  business 
  measure. 
  The 
  forest 
  contains 
  an 
  excellent 
  stand 
  of 
  

   merchantable 
  timber 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  lumbered 
  inexpensively 
  and 
  for 
  

   which 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  steady 
  and 
  profitable 
  market. 
  The 
  protection 
  of 
  the 
  

   forest 
  from 
  fire 
  is 
  practicable 
  at 
  small 
  cost 
  and 
  will 
  render 
  the 
  repro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  the 
  pine 
  a 
  simple 
  and 
  certain 
  matter. 
  The 
  stand 
  of 
  imma- 
  

   ture 
  trees 
  of 
  certain 
  sizes 
  is 
  somewhat 
  deficient 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  forest 
  

   fires 
  in 
  the 
  past. 
  This 
  deficiency, 
  however, 
  is 
  not 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  

   impair 
  future 
  yields 
  seriously, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  largely 
  remedied 
  under 
  con- 
  

   servative 
  management. 
  

  

  TIMBER 
  YIELDS. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows, 
  approximately, 
  the 
  present 
  stand 
  of 
  mer- 
  

   chantable 
  timber 
  per 
  acre 
  upon 
  the 
  tract 
  of 
  the 
  Sawyer 
  & 
  Austin 
  

   Lumber 
  Company 
  and 
  the 
  future 
  yields 
  to 
  be 
  expected 
  from 
  the 
  lum- 
  

   bered 
  areas. 
  The 
  measurements 
  of 
  the 
  stand 
  and 
  of 
  its 
  rate 
  of 
  growth 
  

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