STAND BY BLOCKS. 25 
The total yield of the three pines on the whole of this block is: 
Board feet. 
Cutting toa limit of 12 inches diameter breasthigh- - - - - 18, 071, 000 
Cutting to a limit of 14 inches diameter breasthigh- - - - - 16, 970, 000 
Cutting to a limit of 16 inches diameter breasthigh- - - - - 15, 410, 000 
Cutting to a limit of 18 inches diameter breasthigh- - - - - 13, 959, 000 
Block V comprises sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, and 18 of T. 23 N., 
R. 17 E. Its area is made up of: 
Acres. Per cent. 
Patent ine Inn: 20s Bo aoe See eer 4, 261 73.5 
EE ONG a een a a a I ee Sn, ee Pe EST 672 11.6 
rer nenenenes aT yt ee ee a ee ee S61 14.9 
Olt > Se os She ee eee 5,794 100.0 
The land is rolling, except in the northwestern part in section 6, 
where, as the Reedy Mountains are approached, it becomes quite 
rough and hilly. Except for the small amount of cutting around the 
old mill in section 17 the forest remains untouched by the ax. 
On the longleaf land the stand and yield of longleaf pines is very 
nearty the same as that on Block II, but the percentage of loblolly and 
shortleaf in the mixture makes the total yield per acre of all three 
pines a trifle higher. Although the longleaf pine will not cut so 
much to the acre here as on Block I, still in the eastern part of the 
block on the deep soil of the rolling land in sections 4 and 9 the trees 
individually reach a better development, both in diameter and height, 
than on any other part of the tract. On the creek type of this block 
the loblolly pine in both quantity and quality is much better even than 
that in Block IY. In section 9, along Gold Branch, there are several 
small groups’ of unusually fine and large trees of this species. On 
the longleaf land in the eastern half of section 9 and extending into 
section 10 there is a large area of old field which was ‘*turned out” 
over thirty years ago and has since come up to a pure stand of short- 
leaf pine—an interesting fact, since second growth on abandoned farm 
land usually consists for the most part of loblolly pine. Although 
this stand of shortleaf is as yet too small to have any merchantable 
value it promises to play a part in the second crop. 
Table X gives the average stand per acre of the three pines on long- 
leaf pine land, and of the three pines and the more important hard- 
woods on creek land. The average yield per acre of each pine on each 
type can be found in Tables XII and XIII. 
