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Summer Pine Planting Unsuccessful in North Mississippi

As a result of the Flood Control Act of 1944, the U.S. Department of Agriculture was authorized to install upstream flood prevention measures in 11 large river basins. The Yazoo and the Little Tallahatchie in Mississippi are included. One of the upstream measures on the Yazoo-Little Tallahatchie Flood Prevention Project has been reforestation. Since 1947, in an effort to reduce runoff and hold the soil, over half-a-million acres have been planted to pine trees. Twenty-nine million loblolly pine seedlings are now hand planted annually. Faced with an ever-dwindling labor supply, the Project has been seeking new and better ways to do the job. Because the summer pine planting in Florida was an outstanding success, this method was tried in north Mississippi. The labor necessary for summer planting could substantially reduce the 900-man labor force necessary for the short winter planting season. Fewer, but more efficient, men could be selected for the longer period. Working conditions would be improved since planters would not have to work during inclement winter weather.


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Author(s): Roberto G. Cox

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Volume 20, Number 1 (1969)

Volume: 20

Number: 1