( : Forest S^rvic^, U. 5, De>:-.rti'.ent of Agricultu; o . } 



.. SU??LY IiUST DT RBISAS3B FOR ;-' T '3LI3AT!?: 



!ND 0,: PRIVATE TS B^Ol-G A7TaRNOOi; OF 1TCT . 



, Nov. 19, --After the remaining virgin timber 



of the tin! ted States is exhausted, forest supplies vfill have to 

 come from national forests, state forests, or from private ly-ov/ned 

 land; but federal and state forests, according to 3. A Sterling, 

 Director of the American Forestry Association, v.ho addressed the 

 national conservation congress this afternoon, constitute only 

 one-fifth of the total forest area of the country. 



"On private lands," he says, "the timber of the future 

 will be either such growth v?hich has sprung up voluntarily on cut- 

 over land and has managed to escape fire, or that from areas which 

 have been devoted to forest production as a business enterprise. 

 So far the practice of private- forestry has been mainly confined 

 to small operations, often more for pleasure than for profit. An 

 intensive forest policy on a scale large enough toiaestablish its 

 commercial feasibility has not yet been undertaken. 



"Private forestry in the United States has been retarded 

 "ay many influences among which the more important are large stored 



:';.- supplies , comparatively low s^unpage and lumber value 

 '}' of roF.rk.et "or many minor forest products, and a put 

 --- vhich has not realized that forest production is escarJ 



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