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Louisiana,. The southern portion, and especially the 

 southwestern part, of the state, the counties of Cam- 

 eron, Vermilion, and Calcasieu, are largely prairie. 

 Elsewhere the state is densely forested. The south- 

 eastern part of the state, south of the Mississippi 

 boundary, is largely covered with pine, as is also the 

 northwestern portion of the state that is, west of 

 the Mississippi bottom lands and north of the prairie 

 region of the southwest. The timber of the bottom 

 lands consists of hard woods and cypress, in which the 

 latter species largely predominates. 



The timbered area of the state is estimated at 28,300 

 square miles, or 62 per cent of its area. The estimate 

 of the stand of pine made by Sargent is 48,213 million 

 feet. Of this between one-fifth and one-sixth was 

 reported as owned by lumbermen. There was also 

 reported as owned by them not less than 2 billion feet 

 of cypress. Two-thirds of the cut consisted of yellow 

 pine, the remainder consisting mainly of cypress. 



LUMBER INDUSTRY. 



LUMBER INDUSTRY. 



TIMBER OWNED AND CUT, BY SPECIES, AND AVERAGE 

 STAND. 



Texas. With the exception of the northeastern por- 

 tion this great state is almost treeless. A considerable 

 area in the northeastern portion adjoining Louisiana is 

 covered with yellow pine of commercial size. West of 

 this extends woodland, covered mainly with post oak 

 and black-jack of value only for firewood, fencing, and 

 other minor purposes. Further to the southwest 

 extends a considerable area of mesquite, which in some 

 regions develops into the magnitude of trees, and 

 becomes of service for fencing and firewood. 



Of the area of the state, 64,000 square miles, or 24 

 per cent, is estimated to be wooded. The stand of yel- 

 low pine in the state is estimated by Sargent at 

 67,508.5 million feet. Of this, 9,750 million feet are 

 reported as owned by lumbermen. The cut consists 

 almost entirely of this yellow pine. 



TIMBER OWNED AND CUT, BY SPECIES, AND AVERAGE 

 STAND. 



Indian Territory. Pine is found in Indian Territory 

 only in the eastern part, and, with the exception of a 

 small area in the Boston Mountains, only in the south- 

 eastern part south of the Arkansas River. Elsewhere 

 the timber of the territory consists of hard woods, 

 mainly of black-jack and post oak upon the uplands, 

 with larger and more valuable species in the bottom 

 lands. 



The woodland of the territory is 20,000 square miles, 

 or 65 per cent of its area, as derived from the maps 

 made by the United States Geological Survey. 



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TIMBER OWNED AND CUT, BY SPECIES, AND AVERAGE 

 STAND. 



Oklahoma. Of the area of Oklahoma it is estimated 

 that 4,400 square miles, or 11 per cent, is timber, con- 

 sisting almost entirely of black-jack and post oak. 



LUMBER INDUSTRY. 



Arkansas. The area of Arkansas is almost entirely 

 covered with forests, the only exception being a few 

 prairies in the eastern part of the state. The timber 



