Treesearch

The survey of Georgia's forests reported here was completed in August 1961. It is the third in a series conducted by the U. S. Forest Service. The first was completed in 1936 and the second in 1953. Comparisons between the three surveys show significant changes taking place in the timber supply outlook.

The decade that elapsed between the 1953 and 1963 Alabama forest surveys was a period of many changes. Shifts in land use and changes in product demand, timber growth, cutting, management, and many other factors importantly affected the State's forest resources. Some of these improved the ability If the forests to supply industry with the kind and volume of timber it needs; others did not.

In southwest Alabama, unburned seedlings under overstories ranging up to 90 square feet of basal area per acre survived as well as those with no tree competition. After 7 years, milacre stocking averaged 99 percent and survival 72 percent. Growth, but not survival, improved with distance from parent trees. Seedlings under tree crowns had less brown spot than those in the open.

Site index can be guaged by three methods, of which the most accurate requires measurement of sodium in the soil, depth of topsoil, and presence or absence of a hardpan

This publication provides an overview of the research of the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station in 1963.

This report summarizes information on the 1962 production of industrial roundwood (except pu1pwood)in Mississippi. Because county output is included--as well as State totals--this report should be locally useful to foresters, economists, and others concerned with the formation of forestry programs, the evaluation of timber production trends, the appraisal of plant location opportunities, and outlets for marketing timber products.

Direct seeding has gained wide acceptance in the South since the development, about 5 years ago, of repellents to protect seed from birds, rodents, and insects. An estimated 400,000 acres have been sown by a great number of individuals and companies. Low costs, small capital outlay for equipment, speed and ease of seeding, coupled with a high degree of reliability, account for the recent upsurge in the popularity of this new regeneration technique.