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STAND AND VOLUME. Lt 
From the foregoing tables it may be seen that on the better parts 
of the Coosa County tract, namely, on the rolling land, the rate of 
growth and general development of the longleaf pine is as good as the 
average in other parts of its range. 
On the thin, dry, rocky soil of the steep slopes and on the summits 
of the high hills the development of the tree is naturally inferior. 
THE LOBLOLLY PINE. 
The loblolly pine, on account of its comparative scarcity and its 
inferior merchantable value, was not made the subject of detailed 
study. Enough measurements, however, were made on trees cut by 
the lumber company to compile the tables of height and volume. No 
measurements of shortleaf pine were made. Its yield from the stand 
tables was computed by means of the longleaf pine volume table. 
Table IV gives the height of loblolly pine according to diameter 
breasthigh, and Table V gives its volume in board feet by Doyle rule 
on the same basis. The volume table was used in calculating the 
present merchantable yield of loblolly pine on both tracts. 
TasBLe LV.—Height and clear length of loblolly pine, Coosa County tract. 
[ = | 
| Diame- | Diame- | 
| ter, Total Clear ter, | Total | Clear | 
breast- height. length. breast- | height. | length. 
| high. high. a 
ere Ss 
| Inches. Feet. Feet. || Inches: | Feet. | Feet. 
1 13 Zi 19 -| 100 60 
2 21 12 20 102 60 
3 28 7 21 103 60 
4 36 21 | | 104 | 60 
5 44 | 26 23 | 105 61 
6 | 51 30 24 | 107 | 61 
| 7 58 34 25 | 108 | 62 
8 64 38 26 | 109 | 62 
9 70 42 | 27 iin 63 
10 75 45 || 2s 112. | 63 
| rn 80 49 |) 29 114 64 
12 85 52 3 116 64 
} 13 SS 54 3l 117 65 
14 91 56 | 32 119 65 
15 94 58 | 33 121 65 | 
16 96 59 34 122 66 
17 97 60 | 35 124 66 
18 99 60 | 36 125 67 | 
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