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Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. 11,477 acres owned by communities or 

 districts ; 19,500 acres owned by state and quasi-public institutions. 



Average Annual Lumber Production. 130,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption 1,400,000,000 board feet. 



Last Biennial Appropriation for Forestry. $200,500, $100,000 of which was 

 for purchase of State Forests. 



Forest Fire Laws. About 1,100,000 acres of land require forest protection. 

 About 750,000 acres are being adequately protected through cooperation 

 under Weeks Law, and organized system in state. Local fire wardens 

 and deputies in charge of districts and sub-districts. Patrols in time of 

 drouth. Permission to start fires required. Penalties for wilful and care- 

 less setting of fires. State Forester given authority to devise regulations and 

 methods of control and protection. 



Forest Taxation Laws. No special forest taxation laws. 



Nurseries. State nurseries aggregating 40 acres. During 1923, 214,000 trees 

 distributed to landowners, and about equal number purchased and planted 

 from private nurseries. Demand exceeds the supply. Plan to build state 

 nurseries up to 2,500,000 annual output or more when required. 



Other Activities. Ohio is an agricultural State. Problem largely concerning 

 the management of farm woods and planting of idle and waste lands on 

 farms. Grazing of woodlands has had serious effect on forest lands. Ohio 

 Ohio forestry more a matter of protection against grazing and fires 

 and development of native woods. Artificial reforestation important, but 

 not paramount. 



OKLAHOMA 

 No State Forestry Department 



Land Area of State. 44,424,960 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 16,896,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 8,800,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 1,450,000 acres cut-over and not restocking. 



Timber Stand. 12,000,000,000 board feet. (Estimate.) 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. 61,480 acres. 



Other Publicly owned Forest Area. 16,000 acres in game preserve. 



Average Annual Lumber Production (1920). 150,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. 550,000,000 board feet. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. None. 



Forest Fire Laws. No definite forest fire protective system. Statutes make 

 railroad companies liable for damage from fires along their rights of way. 



Forest Taxation Laws. None. 



State Nurseries. None. 



Other Activities of State. Superintendent of Public Instruction and president 

 of State Board of Agriculture have powers of administration and disposal 

 over State lands. The Agricultural and Mechanical College has a forestry 

 department charged with giving courses in forestry in the School of 

 Agriculture, conducting forestry extension work and experimenting in tree 

 planting. Christian Jensen, head of Forestry Department, Stillwater, 

 Oklahoma. 



