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Performance of Tree-Planting Machines on Pennyrile State Forest

Over one quarter million trees were planted on the Pennyrile State Forest, located near Dawson Springs, Kentucky, during the spring planting season of 1952. Almost all of the area was planted by the use of tree-planting machines. Most of the trees planted were pine but a few tulip poplar and white ash were also planted. The size of stock ranged from 6 to 10 inch tops; the roots were in keeping with the tops. The areas planted were old abandoned fields which had a cover of brooms edge, briars, and brush. The soils were heavy, consisting mostly of clay loam with little topsoil. The topography was level to rolling with no slopes over 30 percent. The size of the planting areas were from 2 acres to 20 acres with the average being 5 acres.


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Author(s): John P. Rhody

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 14 (1953)