Reported cause of tree mortality
| Pre- establishment | Livestock, destruction | Drought | Unknown | Insects, diseases | Total Planted Trees Lost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pct. | pct. | pct. | pct. | pct. | no. | |
| Ala. | 11 | 7 | 51 | 2 | 29 | 150 |
| Ga. | 30 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 40 | 10 |
| Ky. | 2 | 2 | 46 | 4 | 46 | 112 |
| Miss. | 19 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 28 | 53 |
| N. C. | 15 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 44 | 223 |
| Tenn. (E.) | 7 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 48 | 515 |
| Tenn. (W.) | 8 | 9 | 38 | 7 | 38 | 318 |
| Va. | 32 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 40 | 25 |
| All | 9 | 13 | 29 | 7 | 42 | 1,406 |
Table 2. Number of Bearing Thomas Plantings Established 1939-44, by Age of First Bearing and Growth Class.
| Plantings | Age in years at first 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
| State | Plantings reported number | Trees, number | Growth, feet | Bearing 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 | 42 | 31 | 40 |