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in tin- northern purl consists mainly of hard 



with :i Mule pine, while in tin- -outhern |mrl <if the 



-tat.'. \\e-l ,if the illlliviltl ivyi.ni. are e\trn,ive fore-t- 

 of yellow pine, '('he alluvial regions are wooded. MM 

 elsewhere, with an admixture ( <-\ pr.- and hard wood*. 



The timlwred area of the -tale i- e-tiinatcd at 45.(K>0 

 square mil.--, or M |MT i-ent of its a rna. Thi Maud of 

 pint* in the state, as estimated by Sirgent. is 41,315 

 million feet. Of this nearly 4 billion feet U reported 

 8 owned liv lunil-i nii'ii. Of the total <-ut of the state, 

 more than two third- < on-i-te.l of yellow pint', the 

 reinaiii'ler In-ing mainly hard wood. 



I In- luinU-r industry <>f thi- -late hao increased enor- 

 moii-.lv in the past ten years, making it one of the lead- 

 .ite.s of the Union in this industry. 



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cypress, the latter species being mainly found in the 

 river valleys. In the central part of the state much 

 clearing has been done. The ea-tern part of the state, 

 with the exee])tion of the valley of the Tennessee, 

 which ha> been to a large extent cleared. i> -till heavily 

 forested with hard woods, while upon the greater eleva- 

 tion- the growth changes to conifene. 



The wooded area i- estimated at -_'7.:iiK square miles. 

 or 65 per cent of the area of the state. A- i- seen 

 from the table of timber holdings, the amount of con- 

 ifers is trifling, while more than two-thirds of the 

 entire stand owned consists of white oak. The lumU-r 

 industry of the state has more than doubled in the past 

 ten years. 



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h'.-ntuety. The timber conditions of Kentucky are 

 very similar to those of Tennessee, with heavy hard 

 WOOd and cypress fore-ts in the we-l. the e\ien-i\e 

 clearing in the central part of the stat* the Blue (iraM 

 country and heavy forest* again in the Allcghany pla- 

 teau, which forms the eastern part of the state. 



It i- estimated that L'-.'.-.'IHP ><|imre miles, or 58 per 

 cent, of the area of the state i.s wooded. 



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TIMIiKK OWNED AND Cl'T, BY SI'WIh>. AND AVKKA< .K 

 STAND. 



Ohio. When settlement commenced in this state it 

 was in the main covered with heavy forests of hard 

 woods, through which was scattered a small admixture 

 of white pine. Persistent cutting for a century, how- 

 ever, has practically de-tio\ed all the fore-t- of the 

 -late, and even the areas upon which tiinU-r is growing 

 have been greatly reduced, -in. e much the larger part 

 of the state is now devoted to agriculture. 



It is estimated that '..:: HI -<|iiar>> miles, or 23 per 

 cent of its area, is wooded. 



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