A working plan for forest lands near Pine Bluff, Arkansas . nter and summer until thewhole tract of 100,000 acres has been cut over. Following the recommendations of Mr. Griffith, of the Bureau ofForestry, who made the preliminary examination of the tract, pine isnow being cut to a diameter limit of 18 inches on the stump. Thetrees are cut at about 18 inches from the ground, and the last log-cutis made well up in the crown, generally at a diameter of about 14inches. As the hardwood trees growing in mixture with the pine areof inferior quality, it is only very rarely that one is felled. Lumber-
A working plan for forest lands near Pine Bluff, Arkansas . nter and summer until thewhole tract of 100,000 acres has been cut over. Following the recommendations of Mr. Griffith, of the Bureau ofForestry, who made the preliminary examination of the tract, pine isnow being cut to a diameter limit of 18 inches on the stump. Thetrees are cut at about 18 inches from the ground, and the last log-cutis made well up in the crown, generally at a diameter of about 14inches. As the hardwood trees growing in mixture with the pine areof inferior quality, it is only very rarely that one is felled. Lumber-ing of the hardwoods on the bottom lands has not as yet been begun. The logs are either snaked or hauled to the railroad by horses, orskidded to the tracks and loaded upon cars by a steam skidder, thelatter method having so far proved cheaper and fairly satisfactory.(See PI. IX, fig. 2.) The companys mill at Pine Bluff is expected tosaw annually from 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 feet of lumber. Bui. 32, Bureau of Forestry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate Bui. 32, Bureau of Forestry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate II.
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