FOREST NOTES 2/18/14 



Minnesota has a forested area of 28 million acres, 

 the largest of any state east of the Rocky Mountains. 



There are approximately four million acres of timber 

 land in New Hampshire of which about half is in farmers 1 wood- 

 lots. 



Forest fires in the United States have caused an 

 ^average annual loss of 70 human lives and the destruction of 

 25 million dollars worth of timber. 



Juniper from the Indian reservations of New Mexico 

 and Arizona may prove an excellent source of material for lead 

 pencils. Manufacturers are searching the world for pencil woods. 



Canada has established a forest products laboratory 

 in connectionwwith McGill University at Montreal, on the lines 

 of the United States institution of the same sort at the Uni- 

 versity of "/i scons in. 



Tree planting on national forests has to be confined 

 to comparatively short intervals in spring and fall. In spring 

 it starts when the snow melts and stops with the drying out of 

 the ground; in the fall it comes between the fall rains and 

 first snowfall* 



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