REPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



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states and Territories. 



TEKKITOEIES. 



Colorado 



Utah 



Kew Mexico. 

 Wasliington. 



Daliota 



Montana 



Idalio 



Arizona 



■Wyoming . . . 



Indian 



Alaska 



Xo. acres in 

 farms. 



320, 34C 

 148, 361 

 833, 549 

 C49, 139 

 302, 37() 

 139, 537 

 77, 139 

 21, 807 

 4,341 



Xo. acre.s not 

 in farms. 



Total of Territories 

 Grand total 



CG, .^59, G.J4 

 53, 916, 682 

 76, 735, 091 

 44, 147, 021 

 96, 293, 7,")2 

 91, 877, 103 

 .'5.5, 151, 021 

 72, 884, 433 

 62, 640, 727 

 44, 154, 240 

 309, 529, 600 



No. acres in 

 total area. 



CO, 880, 

 54, 065, 

 77, 568, 

 44, 796, 

 96, 590, 

 92, 016, 

 55, 228, 

 72, 906, 

 62, 645, 

 44, 154, 

 3G9, 529, 



2, 496, 595 



1,0,33,889,324 1,036,385,919 



407, 723, 364 



1, 903, 821, 595 I 2, 311, .^44, 959 



Iso. acres of Estimated to- 

 ■woodland tal acres in 

 in farms. -vvoodland. 



11,504 



215 



106, 283 



291, 206 



22, 605 



1,198 



7, 47C 



35 



6, 667, 469 



5, 391, 883 



4, 710, 388 



14,859,722 



2, 911, 417 

 14, 701, 534 



8,280,129 



4, 373, 065 



5, Oil, 293 



3, 532, 33!) 

 110,858,880 



440,522 181,298,119 



159, 307, 749 



561, 937, 912 



Taking into consideration only the farin-lauds, tlie J^roportiou of wood- 

 lands is smallest in California, being 4.1 i^er cent. In order, respectively, 

 follow Nevada, 6 A per cent. ; Nebraska, 10.2 ; Kansas, 11.2 ; Iowa, 16.2; 

 Illinois, lO.G. The i)roportion increases, State by State, from the Pacific 

 coast eastward to Indiana, (39.C per cent,,) and then comes the devasta- 

 tion of the axe, which reduces the percentage of Ohio, a region originally 

 forest with the exception of small patches of prairie mainly about the 

 head-waters of the Miami, to 31.7 per cent. Pennsylvania has about 

 the same proportion, or 31.0, and New Jersey 2-1 per cent. 



There are only two other Western States that have percentages be- 

 tween 20 and 30, viz, Minnesota, 20.G ; Wisconsin, 29.3. The Eastern 

 States (besides Ne^ Jersey) which come within the same limits, are Con- 

 necticut, 21.4; New York, 25.5; Massachusetts, 25.8; Delaware, 28; 

 New Hampshire, 29 ; Vermont, 30.0. Those having between 30 and 40 

 per cent, of this farm area in forest are : Pennsylvania, Indiana, named 

 above ; Oregon, 31.8 ; Maryland, 31.8 ; Rhode Island, 33.7 ; Maine, 38.1. 

 The States having between four and five tenths of their farm-lauds in 

 forest are three: Michigan, 40.7; Texas, (the eastern portion generally 

 wooded,) 41.6 ; Virginia, 45.7. The southern belt is the most heavily 

 wooded portion of the country, all the States, with the exception of Vir- 

 ginia and Texas, having more than half of their farm areas in woodland, 

 and a larger portion still if the wooded wild lands should be counted in 

 with the farm-lands. The proportion in the occupied or farm areas is as 

 follows: West Virginia, 51.1; Arkansas, 51.4; South Carolina, 53.2; 

 Georgia, 54.6; Tennessee, 55; Alabama, oQ; Florida, 60; North' Caro- 

 lina and Mississippi, each 60.6 per cent. 



The Territories have only a very small portion of their respective 

 areas in farms. Here and there a small survey has been made, near 

 some town, along some stream, or in the neighborhood of mining opera- 

 tions. The areas in wood are mainly among the mountains, the most 

 heavily wooded on northern slopes and in the gorges protected from 

 the winds; the proportion given for farm-lands is therefore, in all prob- 

 ability, less than the real portion for the entire area of a Territory, not- 

 withstanding the fact that available woodlands in surveyed tracts are 

 rapidly taken up by farmers. Utah, one-tenth of one per cent.; Mon- 

 tana and Wyoming, eight-tenths of one per cent. ; Colorado, 3.5 ; Da- 

 kota, 7.4; Idaho, 9.6; New Mexico, 12.7 ; Washington, 44.8. 



Most of the States, in tlieir several counties, exliibit great diversity 



in the abundance of tlieir wood and timlnn- supplies. In the new States 



ii is due to the existence of prairies, or treeless plains, traversed by 



streams shaded by a line of forest, which characterize the surface of all 



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