Report upon the forestry investigations of the of agriculture1877-1898 . CHARACTERISTICS OF DISTRIBUTION IN DIFFERENT REGIONS. 69 would make the possible stand 270,000,000,000 feet, provided it was in virgin condition and notmostly culled or cut. The probability is that the amount of standing timber of such sizes as are at present market-able will fall far below 200,000,000, although by a reduction of the standard of marketable logs,which is now 8 to 10 inch as lowest diameters, it may be increased to 300,000,000 feet B. M., ofwhich one-third may be accredited to the most valuabl
Report upon the forestry investigations of the of agriculture1877-1898 . CHARACTERISTICS OF DISTRIBUTION IN DIFFERENT REGIONS. 69 would make the possible stand 270,000,000,000 feet, provided it was in virgin condition and notmostly culled or cut. The probability is that the amount of standing timber of such sizes as are at present market-able will fall far below 200,000,000, although by a reduction of the standard of marketable logs,which is now 8 to 10 inch as lowest diameters, it may be increased to 300,000,000 feet B. M., ofwhich one-third may be accredited to the most valuable—the longleaf pine. The annual cut ofthese i)ines exceeds at present 7,000,000,000 feet B. M. Those who rely upon the spontaneous natural reproduction of these pines to fill the gaps madein the virgin timber will do well to read the chapters on natural reproduction in Dr. Mohrs mono-graph on these pines, and the incidental remarks regarding the conditions for renewal and theappearance of the aftergrowth. If, in addition, they study the chapters on conditions of develop-ment, the
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