310 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



UTILIZATION, MARKET, AND TECHNOLOGY 



With an apparent return to normalcy in the 

 Southern Mexico Government of Mexico predictions are that lum- 

 Luniber bering in the southern republic will receive a 



Possibilities decided impetus, especially in southern Mexico. 



Here there are large and valuable forests, prin- 

 cipally of mahogany, Spanish cedar, oaks, and two species of Zapote, 

 one of which is the source of chicle. The country is level, the stands 

 run from 10,000 to 15,000 feet per acre. The above data apply in 

 Tehuantepec. J. D. G. 



McMulIen, W. H. Ltiwjjer Possibilities of Mexico. Timberman, Jan., 1921. 



Siberia's timber resources are described in 

 Siberian Timber some illuminating details in this article by 

 Teritch, of Vladivostok, who gives the figures. 

 The figures in the table following are exclusive of Cossack-owned and 

 peasant-owned forests which total some 35,000,000 acres additional, 

 nor do they include forest land in Transbaikal and Yakietsi provinces 

 or on the shores of the Okhotsk and Bering seas, a total of 540,000,000 

 acres additional : 



P , Forest area, Forest stands, 



^""^^^^^ acres acres 



Maritime Province 110,440,000 71,462,850 



Amur 94,070,700 31,849,975 



Kamchatka 27,000,000 1.314,900 



Sacholin 6,750,000 6,750,000 



238,260,700 111,377,725 



The Stands run mostly to conifers — fir, spruce, pine, and larch. 

 Present consumption of timber is about 1 per cent of the annual growth. 

 Exploitation methods and equipment are of the crudest; there is not 

 one mile of logging railroad in Siberia. Sawmills are equipped with 

 German or Swedish frame saws ; there is not a single American band 

 saw in the whole territory. Extensive development and use of these 

 immense forest areas is dependent on Russia's future government, 

 whatever it may be; but the author believes that Americans have a 

 wonderful opportunity in Siberia. J. D. G. 



Teritch, W. Describes Siberia's Timber Resources. American Lumberman, 

 Jan. 8, 1921, p. 73. 



