280 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Figure 89 



Planting Rate Expected To Go 

 Still Higher 



In appraising the possible future rate of plant- 

 ing, a number of factors were apparent which 

 suggested a rise in the immediate future. Chief 

 among them were new machines for planting; 

 increasing general interest, especially by industrial 

 groups and bankers; and better niirsery stock. 



Opinions as to the combined effect of these factors 

 were gathered from informed people at State and 

 regional levels. Estimates of future planting 

 trends, based on these opinions, are summarized 

 in table 160; they are speculative, of course. 



These estimated trends anticipate that the 

 rate of planting will continue to increase for a 

 couple of decades. A maximum annual rate of 

 more than 800 thousand acres mav be attained 



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