158 FORESTRY ALMANAC 



MISSISSIPPI 

 No State Forestry Department 



Land Area of State. 27,751,680 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 25,800,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 15,600,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 3,000,000 acres cut-over and not restocking. 



Timber Stand. 81,200,000,000 board feet. 



State Forest. None. 



National Forests within State. None. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. None. 



Average Annual Lumber Production. 2,700,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. Unavailable. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. None. 



No forest fire protective system. Statutes provide penalties for wilful and 

 malicious setting of fires. Railroads responsible for damage to property 

 from locomotive fires. 



New special forest taxation law exempting growing timber. Authorizes classifi- 

 cation of land growing or planted to timber and provides severance tax of 

 10 per cent, of stumpage value at maturity of trees. 



No state forest nurseries. 



MISSOURI 

 No State Forestry Department 



Land Area of State. 43,985,280 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 32,000,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 16,800,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 100,000 acres cut-over and not restocking. 



Timber Stand. 7,800,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. None. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. 50,000 acres by State institutions or under 



Federal land grants. 



Average Annual Lumber Production. 260,000,000 board feet. 

 Average Annual Consumption. Unavailable. 

 Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. None. 

 No forest fire protective system. Laws prohibit and seek to punish careless 



or malicious setting of fires. Railroads made liable for fires along rights 



of way. 



No special forest taxation laws. 

 No state nurseries. 



