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FORESTRY ALMANAC 



State 



Area 



Number of 

 communities 



Average area 

 per community 



Acres 



Alabama 19,232 



California 7,640 



Colorado 29,630 



Connecticut 14,322 



District of Columbia 1*632 



Idaho 160 



Illinois 25,000 



Kansas 200 



Maine 803 



Maryland 7,400 



Massachusetts 46,160 



Michigan 1,015 



Minnesota 2,235 



Nebraska 42 



New Hampshire 8,056 



New Jersey 36,100 



New York 169,000 



North Carolina 26,864 



Ohio ii ,477 



Oregon 4,800 



Pennsylvania 18,733 



Rhode Island 104 



Texas 310 



Utah 1,710 



Vermont 1,845 



Virginia 9, 700 



Washington 1 1,964 



Total 456,134 



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4.233 



1,302 



1,632 



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200 



402 



1,850 



1,442 



338 



2,235 



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366 



5.157 



4.225 



1,679 



2,295 



4,800 



852 



104 



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3,233 



197 



2,315 



FORESTRY AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



Forestry instruction in the public schools is a field as yet only 

 lightly touched as a means of creating a forestry sentiment among 

 the future citizens who will feel the pinch of past forest depletion. 

 In a handful of the states real action is being taken in this direction, 

 usually in the states where an active forestry sentiment has already 

 been established. In a number of others observance of Arbor Day in 

 the schools is actively pushed. In others no tree planting or forestry 

 work is done. 



To obtain information on the extent of this activity, the American 

 Tree Association sent questionnaires to educational authorities of the 



