rst bearing Growth rate
Year Number 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Low Medium High

1939 27 1 6 10 6 4 1 19 7
1940 112 2 14 39 41 16 9 58 45
1941 89 1 4 17 35 32 1 58 30
1942 71 1 12 18 40 1 34 36
1943 38 1 13 24 1 21 16
1944 5 5 2 3
All 342 3 36 74 120 83 22 4 13 192 137

Table 3. Tree Survival, Growth, and Percent Bearing
by State and Year of Planting

Plantings Trees, Growth, Bearing
State reported survival annual trees
number number feet percent

Alabama 71 124 1.6 65
Georgia 14 16 1.5 18
Kentucky 85 129 1.5 71
Mississippi 11 19 1.0 29
North Carolina 235 518 1.9 25
Tennessee, East 553 1,007 1.5 32
Tennessee, West 318 491 1.6 32
Virginia 86 135 1.6 0

Year of planting

1939, 1940 255 627 1.6 64
1941, 1942 499 693 1.6 44
1943, 1944 326 558 1.6 18
1945, 1946 293 561 1.5 0
All 1,373 2,439 1.6 32

Table 4. Data Obtained from Returned Questionnaires and Actual Field
Examination of 40 Plantings and Field Data Only on 68 Plantings.

Data on 40 Plantings Data on
68 Plantings
Questionnaire Field Field
Tree Survival, percent 77 75 51
Average Height, feet 9 11 13
Cause of Tree Mortality, percent
Pre-establishment 33 42 11
Livestock and Other Destruction 4 23 47
Drought 13 0 0
Insects and Diseases 8 4 2
Unknown