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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DKl'ARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



So far/ as possible, data for timber sales are gathered in advance 

 of application, with a view to interesting prospective purchasers and 

 in order that sales may be made where cutting is most desirable. An 

 office has been established in Chicago, from which information is 

 furnished eastern lumbermen. This has resulted in numerous in- 

 quiries and several field examinations of timber w^hich should be cut. 

 Circulars have been prepared describing such bodies of timber and 

 are mailed or presented to persons who might be interested. 



THE TIMBEB-SAXE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR. 



The timber-sale business of the year is shown by the following 

 statement of the amounts and value of limber sold and timber cut 

 under sales by States : 



Timber sold and out under sales on the national forests, fiscal year 1912. 



state. 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Colorado 



Florida 



Idaho 



Kansas 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Nevada 



New Mexico... 

 North Dakota. 



Oklahoma , 



Oregon 



South Dakota. 



Utah 



Washington 



Wyoming 



Alaska 



Timber sold. 



Amount. 



Board feet. 



18,177,000 



15,309,000 



109,214,000 



77,745,000 



70,000 



207,389,000 



Value. 



$35,467.45 

 38,078.40 

 232,697.81 

 149,271.60 

 78.00 

 345,429.32 



Timber cut under sales. 



Amount. 



Board feet. 



47,4.33,000 

 9,130,000 

 43,914,000 

 43,484,000 

 35,000 

 65,656,000 



Value. 



$136, .^54. 22 



21,336.54 



97,239.33 



85,662.38 



.33.59 



141,115.25 



Total, 1912. 

 Total. 1911. 



4,000 



658.000 



110,637,000 



14.29 



2,970.70 



228,723.33 



4,000 



617,000 



55,911,000 



2,976,000 

 26,973,000 



33,000 

 150,985,000 

 12,375,000 

 13,415,000 

 10,939,000 

 3,593,000 

 38,924,000 



799,416,000 

 830,304,000 



8,928.34 



75,050.49 



1.20 



95.50 



349,283.50 



32,363.33 



31,297.37 



21,216.61 



5,902.56 



43,903.75 



1,600,773.55 

 2,122,539.05 



2,030,000 



17,612,000 



2,000 



33,000 



29,3.37.000 



9,660,000 

 11,487,000 

 37,532,000 

 12,907,000 

 44,648,000 



431,492,000 

 374,678.000 



14.29 



2,873.87 



141,691.14 



5,241.17 

 40,187.05 

 2.40 

 95.50 

 59,965.30 

 23,931.02 

 27,638.54 

 74,797.06 

 33,736.12 

 50.904.44 



942,819.21 

 842. 992. 8S 



The total value of the timber cut under sales as given above differs 

 from the receipts from timber as reported on page 490, both because 

 the latter includes the receipts from timber and fire trespass and 

 because timber is paid for in advance of cutting, wath the result that 

 the payments made during any year and the cut of that year under 

 sales do not precisely correspond. 



The amount of timber sold was 30,000,000 feet less than in 1911, but 

 the cut increased nearly 00,000,000 feet, and the receipts from sales 

 were $100,000 greater. 



In district 1, including Montana and northern Idaho, efforts were 

 concentrated upon disposal of the timber killed by the fires of 1910. 

 Detailed examinations show only approximately 3,225,000,000 feet 

 killed, a material reduction from the early estimates. Of this, nearly 

 900,000,000 feet of merchantable timber is reasonably accessible under 

 present conditions. Slightly more than 400,000,000 feet has been sold, 



