Thousand acres planted 
Piagine @ pime. . . 
Planting is becoming increasingly im- 
portant as a supplement to natural regen- 
eration. In 1950, about 13,000 acres of 
pine plantations were established in North 
Carolina. By 1954, the area planted in- 
creased to 17,000 acres, and during the 
1956 planting season, 34,000 acres were 
planted to pine. 
The pine seedlings planted in 1956, along 
with the 140 million established naturally, 
were sufficient to provide for a cut of about 
1.7 billion board-feet in the future; a cut 
equal to the current growth. 
