152 FORESTRY ALMANAC 



KENTUCKY 



Department of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics. 



In 1920 the General Assembly repealed the law establishing the 

 Forestry Commission. The 1924 General Assembly amended and 

 reenacted a law providing for a State Forester and effective in 

 June, 1924. 



Land Area of State. 25,715,840 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 24,320,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 9,500,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 3,200,000 acres. 



Timber Stand. 37,400,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. 3624 acres. 



National Forests. 3624 acres. 



National Forests within State. None. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. 25,000 acres recently donated to University 

 of Kentucky for experimental purposes. 



Average Annual Lumber Production (1920). 421,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. Unavailable. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. $15,000 under new law. 



Forest Fire Laws. General forest fire protection laws on statute books but 

 nothing has been done recently for lack of funds. New law provides for 

 organized fire protection. 



Forest Taxation Laws. No special laws. 



Nurseries. State continued to maintain two nurseries after abolition of 

 Forestry Commission, distributing trees from these nurseries to the public 

 at cost 



Other Activities of State. New law provides : " that the duties of said State 

 Forester shall be the supervision of all forestry property and the forward- 

 ing and advancement of all forest interests in the commonwealth through 

 active management and development of all said property and interests 

 and to initiate such projects as will promote an appreciation on the part 

 of the public and the rising generation of the importance of forest pro- 

 tection and of reforestation to encourage tree planting in general and on 

 the public highways in particular; to grow, collect and distribute seedlings; 

 to form and foster junior forestry clubs; to cooperate with local and 

 civic organizations in the care of trees and planting of more trees ; to pro- 

 vide for organized forest fire protection; to cooperate with the Federal 

 Government, state departments and landowners along such lines as will 

 aid the state in the perpetuation of its forests, the promotion of tree growth 

 and tree planting and the redemption of waste land for agricultural 

 purposes; to encourage an interest in forestry by correspondence, press, 

 pamphlets, reports, moving pictures and organizations and to do any and 

 all things in relation thereto under the authority and direction of the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture." 



