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Waste in Logging ...._ 55 



The Establishment and Care of Young Stands 56 



Clauses Suggested for Logging Contracts 58 



Assessments and Taxation of Timber Lands.... 59 



Management of Tax and School Lands 60 



Summary _ 62 



Legislation 64 



Past Legislation 64 



Needed Legislation 66 



State Forestry Commission 66 



State Forester 66 



State Forests 68 



Forest Fire Legislation 69 



Appendix. 70 



Suggested Forest Law. 70 



A Study of Forest Conditions of Southwestern 

 Mississippi: 



Introduction 79 



The Region 80 



Geology and Soil 80 



Transportation. 81 



Labor Conditions 82 



The Forest 82 



Pure Longleaf Type 83 



Loblolly and Longleaf Subtype. 84 



Longleaf Hills Type ..— 85 



Hardwood Hills Type 86 



Mississippi Flood Plain 88 



River and Creek Bottoms. 90 



Conditions by Counties.... 91 



Pike County 91 



Marion County (west of Pearl River) 93 



Lincoln County 94 



Lawrence County (west of Pearl River) 95 



Copiah County... 96 



Franklin County.... 9*7 



Amite County... 99 



Wilkinson County 101 



Adams County : 102 



