How to provide 2.4 billion board-feet of pine annually 
Million board-feet Million board-feet 
Increase natural regeneration rate... ee 1,120 Reduce losses from destructive agents.........000............. 160 
... by leaving seed source following cutting ... by lowering losses from fire, insects, dis- 
... by removing shrubs and worthless hard- ease, and other causes 
woods where seed source is present 
ee ; : Make better use of timber Cut... cece 120 
Plant 100 million pine seedlings annually............. 1,000 ... by using 25 percent of the logging residue 
... by planting poorly stocked forest land .. . by using 33 percent of the plant residue 
... by planting abandoned farmland 
... by replacing stands of worthless shrubs 
and unsalable hardwoods with pine 
Total... 2,400 
And this may not be enough. North Carolina should increase growth still further to provide a rea- 
sonable share of the increased cut of southern pine that will be needed as supplies of western old-growth softwoods decline. 
This needed growth may be as much as 4.0 billion board feet annually. 
CONCLUSIONS 
The short-term timber supply outlook in North Carolina is quite favorable. Present growth is more than sufficient to 
replace the cut for all classes of timber except some types of highest quality. 
The long-term outlook is not so favorable, especially if the strong preference for pine sawtimber continues. Just to 
maintain the present rate of pine regeneration will require substantial increases in planting and in hardwood control. 
If forestry efforts are greatly intensified, North Carolina has the opportunity to greatly increase its pine sawtimber growth 
during the next 50 years. The big job is to make it possible for the State’s more than 200,000 farmers, who own 70 percent 
of the forest land, to practice better forestry. 
Washington, D.C. January 1959 
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U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1959 O—471140 
