Bui. 1061, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate VI 
Fig. 1. — The owner values this old field longieaf pine highly. The trees are mostly 
20 to 25 years old, and from 30 to 50 feet in height and S to 10 inches in diameter 
breast-high — a very rapid growth. It is close to his house and furnishes the farm 
with poles, fuelwood, and recently small saw timber. Twice a year the pine straw is 
raked off and in part used for fertilizer on the cotton fields and in part sold in 
town for stable bedding,, as is extensively done in many parts of the South. A 
section of one tree is shown in Figure 2. The stand is very irregular and contains 
only about one-half the full number of trees. (Florence County, S. C.) 
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Fig. 2. — Section of representative tree in old field longieaf 
stand shown in Fig. 1. Twenty to twenty-four year old 
trees are 50 feet tall and 7 to 10 inches in diameter at 
breastheight. This section, cut at breastheighr. shows 16 
annual rings. The effect upon growth of a bad tire 9 years 
auo will be observed in the ninth ring from the outside. 
(Florence County, S. C.) 
