154 FORESTRY ALMANAC 



MAINE 



Forest Service. Created in 1891. 



Neil L. Violette, Acting Forest Commissioner, Augusta, Maine. 



Land Area of State. 19,132,800 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 18,560,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 15,000,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 1,957,000 acres. 



Timber Stand. 35,000,000,000 board feet (estimate). 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. 32,165 acres. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. 800 acres towns and other reservations. 



Average Annual Lumber Production. 425,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. 924,000,000 board feet. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. $200,000 (all purposes). 



Forest Fire Laws. All timberland owners and unorganized townships placed 

 in a Forestry District, covering 10,000,000 acres. Subdivided into 30 

 districts in charge of fire warden. Tax of 2,% mills on property in district 

 yielding $165,000. Penalties for starting fires. Slash law requiring clear- 

 ing of slash within 50 feet of road. Railroad patrol act requiring coopera- 

 tion in dry season. Estimated $400,000 to $500,000 needed adequately to 

 protect whole forested area. $21.500 under Weeks Law. 



Forest Taxation Laws. No special forest taxation law. Attempt to enact 

 one failed in 1923 Legislature. 



Nurseries. One State Nursery at Orono. Inadequate to meet the demands 

 for stock. 



Other Activities. Extension work in farm forestry carried on. Investigative 

 and protective work in connection with activities of spruce bud worm and 

 the white pine blister rust. 



MARYLAND 



State Department of Forestry. Created in 1906. 



F. W. Besley, State Forester, 815 Calvert Building, Baltimore, 



Maryland. 

 Karl E. PfeifTer, Joshua M. Cope, Samuel Corbin, Assistant Foresters. 



Land Area of State. 6,362,240 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 5,760,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 2,228,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 350,000 acres. 



Timber Stand. 8,800,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. 3835 acres. 



National Forests within State. None. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. 9400 acres by State Institutions and cities. 



Average Annual Lumber Production (1920) (Cut). 85,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. 208,000,000 board feet. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. $30,000. 



