. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Contribution from the Forest Service, HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester. Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER November 22, 1915 SHORTLEAF PINE: ITS ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND FOREST MANAGEMENT. By Wilbuk R. Mattoon, Forest Examiner. CONTENTS. Page. Adaptability for forest management 1 Name 2 Present supply 2 Annual cut of southern yellow pine 5 The wood 6 Lumber industry 11 Stumpage value 21 Essentials of forest management 24 Page. Protection 24 Yield 27 Rotation 32 Thinnings 34 Cutting and reproduction 45 Cutting on the National
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Contribution from the Forest Service, HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester. Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER November 22, 1915 SHORTLEAF PINE: ITS ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE AND FOREST MANAGEMENT. By Wilbuk R. Mattoon, Forest Examiner. CONTENTS. Page. Adaptability for forest management 1 Name 2 Present supply 2 Annual cut of southern yellow pine 5 The wood 6 Lumber industry 11 Stumpage value 21 Essentials of forest management 24 Page. Protection 24 Yield 27 Rotation 32 Thinnings 34 Cutting and reproduction 45 Cutting on the National Forests of 48 Regeneration by sowing and planting 51 Appendix 56 ADAPTABILITY FOR FOREST Shortleaf pine possesses characteristics of growth which espe- cially fit it for profitable forest management throughout a large part of the Eastern and Southern States. Over extensive areas from Maryland southward and westward to the Mississippi River it occurs as second growth, both in pure stands and mixed with hard- woods, and in the Gulf States and the central Mississippi Basin it forms a large proportion of the remaining virgin southern yellow pine. In a considerable portion of these regions shortleaf pine excels all other coniferous species in value and profitableness as a timber crop. It is one of the more important commercial pines and 1 Frequent reference iH hereafter made to Department Bulletin No. 244, " Life History of Shortleaf Pine," which treatB in some detail of subjects of basic importance in the consideration of forest management such as size, age, soil, climatic demands, reproduc- tion, and growth. NoiK. — This bulletin Is of value to those who are Interested in the timber supply of the Eastern and Southern States, and In the management of tracts of shortleaf pine for their highest financial returns. II will be helpful to those In the regions covered desiring to h denuded pine uplands by means of sowing and planting. 6497°- -Bull. 30
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