Bui. 1061, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate XI I 
Tig. 1. — Here is going- on the complete removal of the forest cover, and it is not likely 
to return naturally. After being cupped for two years, practically every pine is 
cut for saw timber or pulpwood. The tops and culls are being worked up into 
pulpwood ; but, regrettably, all the small young trees down to 4 inches are being 
taken. This type of logging, with the exception of the close utilization, is widely 
practiced over the longleaf belt 
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Fig. 2. — The South has some 30.000,000 acres of waste and idle land suitable for 
producing 100 to 700 board feet per acre of longleaf pine yearly, together with 
a steady yield of turpentine. In the development of the country's resources these 
lands are bound to be among the South's greatest assets 
48 
THE PASSING OF THE LONGLEAF FOREST 
