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Purchase of Forest Lands 



The National Forest Reservation Commission has just ap- 

 proved for purchase 48,581 acres of land for National Forests in 

 the White Mountains, Southern Appalachians, and Arkansas. 



The largest tracts are in the White IMountains, where 31,020 

 acres in Carroll and Grafton Counties, N. H., and 1,220 acres in 

 Oxford County, Me., were approved for purchase at an average 

 price of $7.15 per acre. These lands include the scenic peaks of 

 Mount Chocorua and Mount Paugus, much visited by tourists 

 and made accessible by trails maintained by the Chocorua Moun- 

 tain Club. 



LAND IN OTHER STATES. 



In Arkansas the approval for purchase covered 6,573 acres, 

 largely in Pope, Stone, Crawford and Baxter Counties, at an 

 average price of $3.11, and 2,652 acres in Polk, Scott, Mont- 

 gomery and Yell Counties, at an average price of $3.71. 



In Alabama, in Winston and Lawrence Counties, 3,144 acres 

 were approved for purchase at $4.52 per acre. 



In Virginia, in Amherst County, 1,229 acres were approved at 

 an average price of $7.42, and in Augusta County, 1,407 acres at 

 a price of $5.52. 



In North Carolina, in Wautauga and Caldwell Counties, 332 

 acres were purchased at an average price of $9.37 per acre; in 

 Yancey County, 144 acres were approved at $12 per acre, and in 

 Macon County 600 acres at $8 per acre. 



In South Carolina, in Oconee County, 190 acres were approved 

 for purchase at $5 an acre; and in Georgia, in Rabun County, 

 70 acres at $4.25. 



TIMBER AFFECTS PRICES. 



The difference in the price of the various tracts of land ap- 

 proved for purchase is due to the difference in the amount of tim- 

 ber, its quality and accessibility. 



To date the National Forest Reservation Commission has ap- 

 proved for purchase 1,751,115 acres for National Forest pur- 

 poses in the mountain areas of the eastern National Forests. 



Airplanes Find Forest Fires 



Reports to the Forest Service, United States Department of 

 Agriculture, from the national forests in California, where Army 

 aviators are making daily flights in search of forest fires, indicate 

 that the innovation has been decidedly successful and that air 

 patrols of the forests will prove so valuable that they will eventu- 



