The other objective of our management demonstration was to increase 

 the volume and quality of the growing stock to the site's maximum 

 capacity. This is a more intangible goal; to actually show that the man- 

 agement system was achieving this objective would require a fairly long 

 time — more than 7 years. But we think our efforts were expended in 

 the right direction. For example, except on some parts of the present 

 pure-hardwood site, we felt the pine should be favored over hardwoods. 

 Fifteen acres were already stocked with mature pine in nearly pure 

 stands. We were able for the most part to successfully regenerate the 

 small clear-cut patches with Virginia pine and to control the hardwood 

 competition at small cost. In the selectively cut pine-oak type, we retained 

 most of the healthy pines as a seed source for pine reproduction. What 

 we did remove were hardwoods that definitely had little growth or 

 quality potential. Finally, in the hardwood type, selective removal of 

 large, dominant, but overmature trees certainly provided needed growing 

 space for the younger hardwood understory. 



The management systems applied to the three types represented in this 

 woodland can be tentatively recommended for other farm woodlands 

 having similar types and similar stand characteristics. With other types 

 or different stand conditions, some other approach might be recom- 

 mended. Professional on-the-ground advice may be obtained from county 

 foresters, consulting foresters, and the Extension Service; and published 

 information is readily available from federal and state agencies. Some 

 of the pulp and paper companies also provide advisory services to local 

 forest-land owners. 



— RICHARD H. FENTON and RALPH P. BROOMALL* 



*At the time this study was made, the authors were on the staff of the Northeastern Forest 

 Experiment Station's research center near Laurel, Md., which since then has been discontinued. 

 Mr. Fenton, a research forester, is now serving at the Experiment Station's research unit at 

 New Lisbon, N. J. Mr. Broomall, a forestry aide, is now serving at the U. S. Forest Service's 

 Forest Disease Laboratory at Beltsville, Md. 



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