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There are about 37 pi nee native to the United States, 

 of which 25 are v.'estern spocies, &nd 12 eastern. 



Pr.raguc'.y ha a valuable forest resources, the rao&t in- 

 portant of which is nuebrncho, #r,i-ticularly rich in tannin. 



Much of the cork used, throughout the v/orld. cor.es 

 from Portugal, -vhich h:,rvosts about 50,000 tons a year. 



Gt marry is i3p,id to have an over supply of foresters; 

 so that well-educated rcen hr.ve ho.rd v;ork to secure even in- 



ferior positions, 



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One of the Ic-rgest forest nvtrser5.ee in the United 

 States is conducted by the forest service near Kriien, Mon- 

 tana. It is known ao the Srwenac nurst-ry and has a capacity 

 of 4,000,000 youn trees a year. 



The forests of Korv:ay are mostly in private or muni- 

 cipal. ownership, the nation owning 28.5 per cent of the total 

 forest area. The national forests of the United States occupy 

 only about twenty per cent of the total forest area of the 

 country* 



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