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Introduction 1 



Survey methods 1 



Significant findings 2 



Economic aspects 2 



Forest description 3 



Volume estimates 4 



Special forest resources 4 



Forest industries 4 



Forest increment and drain 4 



Adjustments needed 4 



Definitions of terms used 5 



Area S 



Land-use classes 5 



Species groups 6 



Forest-type groups 6 



Forest conditions 6 



Tree classes 7 



Turpentine-tree conditions . 7 



Growth and drain 7 



Forest management and utilization 7 



Units of measure 7 



Forest description 8 



Bottom-land hardwood forests . 9 



Rolling upland forests ... 10 



Economics of the forest situation 14 



Land use 14 



Ownership 14 



Taxation 15 



Forest inventory 16 



Saw-timber volume In 



Total volume in cords 20 



Cubic-foot volume . 21 



Special forest resources 21 



Poles and piles 22 



Naval stores resources ... 22 



Forest industries ... 2.« 



The lumber industry 2.> 



The nonlumbcr forest industries . . 24 

 Miscellaneous wood products 



Pulp mills 



Spanish moss ginning ."' 



Selective cutting and integrated use .;•• 



Employment 29 



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