回顾南方营林机械的发展,大体可以分为两个阶段。第一阶段是从五十年代后期开始借鉴和引进北方的造林机械,兴办机械林场或垦殖场,在低山丘陵的缓坡地上进行造林前的整地,苗圃整地等作业。这对南方营林机械的发展,起到了促进作用,但在实践中也认识到平原地区使用的大型牵引式机械不能适应南方营林作业的要求。第二个阶段是从六十年代初期开始发展小型动力机械, Review of the development of forest machinery in the south can be divided into two stages. The first phase started from the late 1950s to learn from and introduce the afforestation machinery in the north and set up mechanical forest farms or reclamation farms to conduct site preparation before afforestation and soil preparation in the nursery. This has played a catalytic role in the development of silviculture machinery in the south, but in practice it is also recognized that the large tractor-type machinery used in the plains can not meet the requirements for silviculture in the south. The second phase started with the development of small power machinery from the early 1960s.