Pine seedlings established 
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Natural pine FevenerallOnlenan 
Seedlings from natural regeneration will 
produce by far the major part of the 
State’s future timber crops. Out of the 
174 million pine seedlings established an- 
nually, 140 million seed in naturally. 
These natural seedlings may be expected 
to yield 1.4 billion board-feet of pine saw- 
timber in 45 to 50 years—just about equal 
to the current annual cut. 
Unless increased efforts are made to en- 
courage natural regeneration, the outlook 
will be a decrease in the annual crop of 
pine seedlings. The seeding in of aban- 
doned farmland results in a major source 
of new seedlings at the present time. As 
the rate of farms abandoned declines, as 
it most likely will with the expected in- 
creased need for cropland to support our 
expanding population, this source will 
decrease. Also, the trend toward more 
hardwoods in the forest stands is steadily 
reducing the space available for pine re- 
generation. 
