tree farming, dual land use, better cash flow

[MICHAEL PALENCAR]

In <Pine.A32.3.91j.950904233331.78209B-100000 at homer23.u.washington.edu>
"W. Klatt" <wklattjr at u.washington.edu> writes: 
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>On 5 Sep 1995, MICHAEL PALENCAR wrote:
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>I am curious to a comment in your post. This probably is due to my
lack 
>of experience and knowledge in forest management, but why do you plant
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>rows? Thru the use of nonspecific planting, and an effective mangament

>plan of improve cutting, trimming, precommercial thinning, and 
>fertlization of the soil, should maximize your crop yeild... well that
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>that I have been led to believe to this point. 
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>Bill Klatt
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Bill,
   We plant on old pasture and crop land. We plant rows of trees like
farmers plant corn. I look at trees like a crop, just a longer harvest
cycle. I'm no expert, but I suspect this is how the large Yellow Pine
plantations of the Southeast operate, and I bet they would do this in
the Northwest also if the land were suited for it.
Mike Palencar