LOGGING 



CHAPTER I 



FOREST RESOURCES 



It is estimated that the original forested area of the United 

 States covered 850,000,000 acres and contained approximately 

 5,200,000,000,000 feet of timber.^ It comprised five broad 

 types, namely, the Northern, the Southern, the Central, the 

 Rocky Mountain and the Pacific Slope, the approximate bound- 

 aries of which are shown in Fig. i . 



The distribution of the original and present forest area is 

 shown in the following table: 



The estimated stand of timber in the United States in 1909 

 was as follows :- 



1 Kellogg, R. S.: The Timber Supply of the United States. Cir. 166, U.S. 

 Forest Service, 1909. 



2 Ibid. 



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