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Idle and Unproductive Forest Land. 4.000,000 acres. 



Timber Stand. 26,000,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. 1,900,000 acres. 



National Forests within State. None. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. 20,000 acres by State Institutions; 169,000 

 acres by political units besides state. 



Average Annual Lumber Production. 350,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. 1,280,000,000 board feet. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. $550,000 ($500,000 unexpended 

 from 1917 bond issue for State Forests). 



Forest Fire Laws. System of district rangers, paid ranerer forces, observa- 

 tions, fire wardens and fire towers. Cover entire forest fire area of state. 

 State appropriation for fires $160,000. Get $21,500 under Weeks Law. 



Forest Taxation Laws. Three snecial forest taxation laws passed in 1912 but 

 put to little use due to complicated system and statutory requirements. 



Nurseries. Developed nursery of 205 acres at Saratoga. In 1923 there were 

 8,671,707 trees shipped for reforestation purposes. Big demand from pri- 

 vate and municipal sources. About 81,000,000 trees set out on about 81,000 

 acres in last 21 years. 



Other Activities. State department cooperating with extension service of the 

 State College of Agriculture and Farm Bureau agent under Lever Act in 

 advising about farm forestry. Extensive program worked out for reforest- 

 ing idle land. 



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North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey. Created in 1905. 

 J. S. Holmes, State Forester, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 



Land Area of State. 31,900,000 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 31,000,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 21,130,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 4,220,000 acres. 



Timber Stand. 30,000,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. 348,319 acres. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. State parks, 1224 acres; State institutions, 

 21,811 acres; swamp lands, 77,000 acres; municipal forests, 26,000 acres. 

 Total 126,035 acres. 



Average Annual Lumber Production. 4,000,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. 5^2 billion board feet. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. $24,000. 



Forest Fire Laws. Fairly adequate laws although small appropriations have 

 prevented organization of protection in more than 24 of 100 counties. 

 Penalties for firing grass, brush and woodlands without due notice and 

 proper care ; for careless handling of campfires ; for incendiarism. Coopera- 

 tion between county commissioner and State Forester for protection 

 provided. 



