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  WORKING 
  PLAN 
  FOR 
  FOREST 
  LANDS 
  NEAR 
  PINE 
  BLUFF, 
  ARK. 
  

  

  CUTTING 
  LIMIT 
  FOR 
  THE 
  HARDWOODS 
  OF 
  THE 
  BOTTOM 
  LANDS. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  hardwood 
  bottoms 
  the 
  cutting 
  limit 
  should 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  20 
  

   inches. 
  Although 
  no 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  growth 
  in 
  these 
  bottoms 
  

   was 
  made, 
  it 
  seems 
  probable 
  from 
  the 
  composition 
  of 
  the 
  stand 
  that 
  

   if 
  such 
  a 
  cutting 
  limit 
  be 
  adopted 
  a 
  second 
  cut 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  when 
  

   the 
  pine 
  lands 
  are 
  lumbered 
  again. 
  

  

  Every 
  opportunity 
  should 
  be 
  taken 
  advantage 
  of 
  to 
  cut 
  and 
  utilize 
  

   the 
  hardwoods 
  of 
  the 
  pine 
  lands, 
  even 
  at 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  profit. 
  

  

  HEIGHT 
  OF 
  STUMPS. 
  

  

  Stumps 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  cut 
  higher 
  than 
  is 
  inches, 
  and 
  all 
  trees 
  below 
  

   18 
  inches 
  on 
  the 
  stump 
  should 
  be 
  cut 
  12 
  inches 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  stumps 
  are 
  being 
  cut 
  at 
  an 
  average 
  height 
  of 
  18 
  

   inches 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  this 
  rule 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  fairly 
  satisfactory. 
  

   No 
  trees 
  below 
  IS 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  on 
  the 
  stump 
  are 
  now 
  cut. 
  but 
  

   probably 
  no 
  difficulty 
  would 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  getting 
  the 
  sawyers 
  to 
  cut 
  

   the 
  small 
  trees 
  (below 
  18 
  inches) 
  at 
  12 
  inches 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  Logs 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  cut 
  as 
  high 
  up 
  into 
  the 
  crowns 
  as 
  conditions 
  

   will 
  allow. 
  

  

  PROTECTION 
  AGAINST 
  FIRE. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  difficulty 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  adopting 
  a 
  good 
  system 
  of 
  fire 
  

   protection 
  is 
  the 
  broken 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  company's 
  holdings. 
  If 
  the 
  

   tract 
  were 
  in 
  one 
  solid 
  block 
  the 
  matter 
  would 
  be 
  much 
  simplified. 
  

   Cut 
  up 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  by 
  farms 
  and 
  private 
  wood 
  lots, 
  the 
  sources 
  

   of 
  clanger 
  from 
  fire 
  are 
  greatly 
  multiplied, 
  because 
  fires 
  purposely 
  set 
  

   on 
  these 
  holdings 
  are 
  never 
  watched 
  or 
  controlled, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  

   thing 
  quickly 
  spread. 
  

  

  The 
  forest 
  would 
  prosper 
  most 
  if 
  the 
  whole 
  tract 
  could 
  be 
  protected 
  

   from 
  fire. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  difficulties 
  just 
  mentioned, 
  however, 
  

   such 
  a 
  course 
  would 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  be 
  impracticable 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  

   time. 
  The 
  most 
  urgent 
  need 
  at 
  present 
  is 
  a 
  thorough 
  system 
  of 
  pro- 
  

   tection 
  for 
  the 
  cut-over 
  lands. 
  This 
  is 
  entirely 
  practicable 
  and 
  should 
  

   by 
  all 
  means 
  be 
  adopted. 
  After 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  forest 
  the 
  young 
  

   growth 
  will 
  quickly 
  develop 
  on 
  these 
  lumbered 
  areas, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  

   greatest 
  importance 
  that 
  it 
  be 
  given 
  every 
  possible 
  chance 
  for 
  rapid 
  

   growth 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  reproduction 
  of 
  the 
  pine 
  be 
  effectively 
  protected 
  

   in 
  every 
  way. 
  The 
  tops 
  of 
  felled 
  trees 
  are 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  great 
  danger 
  and 
  

   should 
  be 
  burned 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  dry 
  enough 
  to 
  burn 
  readily, 
  at 
  a 
  

   time 
  when 
  the 
  forest 
  floor 
  is 
  damp 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  danger 
  of 
  the 
  fire 
  

   spreading. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  cheapest 
  and 
  most 
  effective 
  way 
  of 
  

   disposing 
  of 
  the 
  tops 
  will 
  be 
  to 
  skid 
  them 
  into 
  piles 
  and 
  then 
  to 
  burn 
  

   as 
  many 
  together 
  as 
  can 
  conveniently 
  be 
  skidded 
  to 
  one 
  point. 
  

  

  Fire 
  protection 
  would 
  cost 
  about 
  §500 
  per 
  year 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  few 
  

   years. 
  This 
  would 
  pay 
  the 
  salary 
  of 
  one 
  man. 
  who 
  should 
  have 
  entire 
  

   charge 
  of 
  burning 
  the 
  tops 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  act 
  as 
  a 
  fire 
  guard 
  

  

  