ILLINOIS 149 



Forest Taxation Laws. No special forest taxation laws. Considered by 

 Idaho timber-land owners as one of the outstanding problems for solution. 



Nurseries. No State forest nursery. School of Forestry at Moscow maintains 

 small nursery distributing trees at cost. Output about 100,000 trees 

 annually. Adequate for present demand. 



Other Activities. Activities largely centre in School of Forestry. School 

 studying second-growth white pine from sylvicultural viewpoint. Studying 

 value of black locust plantations. Working to check spread of white pine 

 blister rust. Increased interest among farmers in windbreak and 

 shelter planting. 



ILLINOIS 



Natural History Survey. Created in 1917, (Previously State Labor- 

 atory, Natural History.) 

 R. B. Miller, State Forester, Urbana, Illinois. 



Land Area of State. 35,867,520 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 15,000,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 3,100,000 acres, (Census). State's survey shows tenta- 

 tively 2,807,161 acres, with 90 per cent, on farms. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 4,000,000 to 5,000,000 acres. 



Timber Stand. As yet undetermined. 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. None. 



Other Publicly owned Forest Area. 25,000 acres as Cook County Preserve. 



Average Annual Lumber Production. 59,000,000 board feet, lumber. 



Average Annual Consumption. 2,353,000,000 board feet. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. Included in other survey work and 

 sum for forestry not divided. Three foresters at work. 



Forest Fire Laws. No fire protection organization. Protection is much 

 needed, particularly in southern part of the state. Have fire law on the 

 statute books but no means of enforcement. State does not qualify for 

 Federal cooperation. 



Forest Taxation Laws. No special forest taxation law. People rejected 

 new constitution which contained clause: "Areas adapted to forests or 

 forest culture shall be classified for purposes of taxation." 



Nurseries. No State Nurseries. Legislature of 1923 passed law providing for 

 establishment of Forestry Division at the University of Illinois Agricultural 

 Experiment Station for investigation and promotion of forestry by lectures, 

 bulletins and demonstration forests. 



Other Activities. State carrying on survey of forest resources from economic 

 point of view. Study shows 90 per cent, of forest on farms; that 4,810,000 

 acres of State are hilly or eroded lands ; that waste lands on farms amount 

 to 577,663 acres ; that annual consumption of railroad ties is 6,000,000, of 

 which State furnishes one-sixth; that consumption of mining timber is 

 20,000,000 cubic feet for 80,000,000 tons of coal. 



