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FiGuRE 21. — The Iittleleaf 
disease of shortleaf pine is 
taking a heavy toll in some 
sections of the Piedmont. 
demand for pine tends to grow rather than decrease. 
Furthermore, the rather rapid trend toward a larger 
area of hardwood types indicates the situation may 
rapidly become worse unless corrective measures are 
taken. Aside from the need for pine, an increasing area 
of hardwood, as it is developing at present, is generally 
undesirable. Part of this new hardwood forest is com- 
posed almost entirely of cull species such as scrub oak, 
part represents cut-over lands thinly stocked with 
defective trees, and part represents fairly thrifty stands 
of low- to medium-quality hardwood for which there 
is very little market. None of these categories contributes 
much to the needs of forest industry or to a lJand- 
owner income. 
LANDOWNERSHIP: A FACTOR IN TIMBER SUPPLIES 
Different timber owners have different aims. Public 
ownership carries a high responsibility for public wel- 
fare; private ownership reflects mainly economic incen- 
tives. Further, management procedures as well as the 
mature of the forest products enterprises are influenced 
by the size and distribution of forest landownerships. 
Acreage of Pwhlic Forest Small 
Public ownership in South Carolina is a relatively 
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in the State (fig. 
commercial forest land is publicly owned, in South 
22). In the Nation, 25 percent of the 
Carolina, only 7 percent. Also, only 7 percent of the 
sawlog volume of timber is in public ownership. About 
60 percent of the public forest land, or 516,000 acres, 
is in national forests. The remainder includes Indian 
land held in trust, and State, county, and municipal 
forests. 
POINSETT 
STATE FOREST 
WELCOME 
§.C. STATE COMMISSION OF FORESTRY 
se at, 
FIGURE 22.— Publicly owned forest land constitutes but 7 
percent of the total forest land in the State. 
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