150 FORESTRY ALMANAC 



INDIANA 



Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry. Created in 1901. 

 Charles R. Dearn, State Forester; George R. Phillips, Assistant 

 State Forester, Indianapolis, Indiana. 



Land Area of State. 23,068,800 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 18,500,000 acres (estimate). 



Present Forest Area. 1,305,738 acres, about one-third with acceptable timber 



stand. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 2,300,000 acres. 

 Timber Stand. 9,000,000,000 board feet (estimate). 

 State Forests. Clark County State Forest, 2898 acres. 

 National Forests within State. None. 

 Other Publicly owned Forest Area. None. 

 Average Annual Lumber Production. 258,000,000 board feet. 

 Average Annual Consumption. No figures available. 

 Last Annual Forestry Appropriation. $14,945.45 spent by division in 1923 from 



Department of Conservation funds. 

 Forest Fire Laws. Township road supervisors charged with fighting fires. 



Forest fire laws penalize wilful and careless setting of fires. New laws 



needed. 

 Forest Taxation Laws. Special forest taxation law classifying land on which 



there is a stand of trees or on which the owner agrees to plant to forest. 



Appraised at $i an acre and taxed at local property rate. No cutting tax 



is levied. All stock must be kept off land so classified. More than 7000 



acres listed by 160 different owners up to March, 1924. (See Forest 



Taxation.) 

 Nurseries. One State Nursery at Henryville containing about 310,000 hardwood 



and 225,000 conifer seedlings. Demands from private individuals greater 



than the supply. About 25,000 seedlings sold at cost in 1923. 

 Other Activities. Forestry education and reforestation carried on so far as 



possible. Activities of Forestry Division chiefly hampered by lack of funds. 



IOWA 



R. S. Herrick, State Forester, Iowa State Horticultural Society, Des 



Moines, Iowa. 

 Prof. G. B. MacDonald, deputy State Forester, Iowa State College, 



Ames, Iowa. 



Land Area of State. 35,574,940 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 5,120,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 2,500,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 1,000,000 acres. 



