CONTENTS 



THE ALEXANDRIA RESEARCH CENTER 1 



REFORESTING THE CUTOVER PINE LANDS 4 



Choice of species 4 



Stimulating longleaf height growth 6 



Direct seeding 8 



Stimulating seed production 12 



Converting scrub oak stands to pine 13 



Forest tree improvement 14 



MANAGING PINE PLANTATIONS FOR OPTIMUM RETURNS . . .15 



Thinning loblolly pine plantations .15 



Management of longleaf plantations 17 



Thinning slash pine plantations 19 



CONTROLLING LOW-VALUE HARDWOODS WITH CHEMICALS . . 20 

 Effective methods developed 21 



IMPROVING MANAGEMENT OF LIVESTOCK AND FORAGE ON 



FOREST RANGES ................ 24 



Management of livestock on forest range 25 



Management of forage on forest range . .30 



Improvement of forage on forest range . . 34 



COST AND RETURNS OF GOOD FOREST MANAGEMENT .... 39 



PUBLICATIONS ..... .41 



MAPS 



Figure 1. --Territory served directly by the Alexandria 



Research Center Inside front cover 



Figure 26. --J. K. Johnson Tract 48 



Figure 27. --Longleaf Tract ' 49 



Figure 28. --Main roads to Johnson Tract and Longleaf Tract, 



Palustris Experimental Forest . . . Inside back cover 



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