Thinning young oak stands for small mine timbers - at a profit

Stanley M. Filip

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Thinning young oak stands for small mine timbers - at a profit

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Stanley M. Filip

Year:

1949

Type:

Science Perspectives

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Station Paper NE-28. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 13 p.

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Abstract

Young red oak-white oak stands in the Anthracite Forest Region of Pennsylvania occupy nearly 3/4 million acres of land (fig. 1). At present they are a source of lagging, forepoles, and small props used in the coal mines. Under good cutting practice, a substantial quantity of these mine timbers could be produced by thinning these stands, which would at the same time build them up so they could produce more and better timber.

Citation

Filip, Stanley M. 1949. Thinning young oak stands for small mine timbers - at a profit. Station Paper NE-28. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 13 p.