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Direct Seeding of Loblolly Pine in North Mississippi

The direct seeding of loblolly pine has shown excellent promise on the Yazoo-Little Tallahatchie Watershed in north Mississippi. Since 1948, more than 543,000 acres have been planted with pine on badly eroded land in the 4.2 million acre Project area. More than 500,000 acres still need planting to stabilize the soil for slow runoff, and to improve the hydrologic condition of the soil. The work will be largely conversion of blackjack-post oak stands at $30 or more per acre. As costs mount and the labor supply grows ever smaller, direct seeding becomes increasingly attractive as an economical means of reforesting the area still needing treatment.


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Author(s): Hamlin L. Williston, Roberto G. Cox

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 20, Number 3 (1969)

Volume: 20

Number: 3