RS 3:4293 Turpentine; seed trees
§4293. Turpentine; seed trees
Owners of forest lands which shall hereafter be severed, or bled for turpentine, or those who sever or bleed for turpentine forest lands belonging to another, shall leave standing and unbled an average of two seed trees per acre for every ten acre plot. The seed tree is a healthy tree of the variety being cut or bled not less than ten inches in diameter, four and a half feet from the ground.