SHORTLEAF PINE: IMPORTANCE AND MANAGEMENT. 3 
TABLE 1.—Standing timber of southern yellow pine in 1909 for 11 Southern 
States. 
{Publicly owned timber not included.] ! 
Shortleaf and loblolly pine. Longleaf. 
State. oe oe Total quantity. 
Quantity. Sara Quantity. Baan 
Board feet. Per cent. Board feet. Per cent. Board feet. 
BUnbania eee e es 12, 400, 000, 000 8.2] 25,600, 000, 000 11.0 38, 000; 000, 000 
PNTATISAS ER a SS I fee 26, 000, 000, 000 BCs bal fs ee dee gtr ees er EO SG gee 2 26, 000, 000, 000 
iloridate Sewn 900, 000, 000 .6 | 58,200, 000, 000 25.1 59, 100, 000, 000 
Georgia (part).........-..--- 13, 200, 000, 000 8.7 | 18,500,000, 000 8.0 21, 700, 000, 000 
Megulisinna 862s eee 15, 200, 000, 000 10.0 | 52,500, 000, 000 22.6 67, 700, 000, 000 
Minssissippics 22. Ges Cin ae 14, 800, 000, 000 9.7} 47,600,000, 000 20.5 62, 400, 000, 000 
Missouri (part)..........-.-- 1, 100, 000, 000 = sg Neen estes eee ral DA eaearegEnTe Aa 1, 100, 000, 000 
North Carolina (part)........| 22, 700, 000, 000 14.9 2, 900, 000, 000 n2 25, 600, 000, 000 
South Carolina (part)........ 14, 600, 000, 000 9.6 4, 600, 000, 000 2.0 19, 200, 000, 000 
Hibasee tt cares ea Sui. 22, 500, 000, 000 14.8 | 22,400,000, 000 9.6 44,900, 000, 000 
Waireinial (part) 4.0.2. $622.2: 8, 700, 000, 000 ES i ksexese tabi te een rere Meee 81, 700, 000, 000 
Motels: Wee a nee 152, 100, 000, 000 100.0 | 232,300, 000, 000 100.0 | 384, 400, 000, 000 
1 Bureau of Corporations, The Lumber Industry, Part I, p. 76. 
id wee Sargent estimated merchantable stand of shortleaf in Arkansas at 41,000,000, 000 feet, Tenth 
. 8. Census. 
True shortleaf pine occurs in eight States besides those represented 
in the table, though in relatively smaller quantity. There are no 
accurate figures available of the relative proportion of loblolly and 
shortleaf. The best available estimate, based upon the distribution 
and the lumber production, places the amount of standing shortleaf 
at about 55 per cent of the combined amount of both species. On 
this basis there were in 1909 about 83,700,000,000 board feet in the 
States shown in Table 1. The report of the Bureau of Corporations 
for the same year showed that 4.1 per cent of the southern yellow 
pine was being cut annually.t. This gives for the major part of the 
11 most important States a remaining stand in 1913 of about 73,- 
400,000,000 feet. To this must be added (1) the stand of shortleaf 
in the other eight States and the parts of Virginia, North Carolina, 
South Carolina, and Georgia not included in the above computa- 
tion, (2) National Forest timber in Arkansas, and (3) the total 
increment or growth during the period, which may conservatively 
be placed at 1 per cent annually, after allowing for loss by fire and 
other causes. This gives a total of 80 billion board feet (Table 2), 
which is believed to be a conservative estimate of the present short- 
leaf-pine supply. 
1 There is reason to believe, however, that both longleaf and loblolly have been cut at a 
faster rate than shortleaf, because of their location over lowlands near the coast, 
