What Was Done 



First we had to learn some basic facts about our woodland, such as 

 volume of merchantable timber, composition by species and size classes, 

 and location and area of forest types. These, along with the annual 

 growth rate, were determined. Then a plan of management was prepared. 

 The essence of our system was to harvest annually, or periodically, a 

 volume of merchantable timber about equal to the annual or periodic 

 growth. This was to be supplemented by cultural treatments; these in- 

 cluded pine slash disposal and seedbed preparation by burning, control 

 of unwanted hardwoods, planting of pine seedlings, and releasing pine 

 reproduction by weeding. 



The silvicultural systems adopted were those that we felt were best 

 suited to managing this woodland. In pure pine, our system was clear- 

 cutting in small patches, based on a 40-year rotation, and supplemented 

 by cultural treatments to reproduce pine in the patches. In pine-oak, our 

 system was selective cutting of about 40 percent of the merchantable 



Products cut in 1 year's operation (1954): 3,865 board 

 feet of hardwood sawlogs; 1,795 board feet of softwood 

 sawlogs; 226 lineal feet of pine piling; 77 pine fence 

 posts; 10.1 cords of pine pulpwood; and 7.5 cords of 

 hardwood fuel wood. This first cutting was somewhat 

 heavier than later harvests. 



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