TEXAS 169 



TENNESSEE 



Division of Forestry, State Department of Agriculture. Created as 



Bureau, 1921. 

 Rufus S. Maddox, State Forester, Nashville, Tennessee. 



Land Area of State. 26,894,000 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 25,600,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 9,000,000 acres. (Estimate.) 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 1,500,000 acres. 



Timber Stand. 65,000,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. 241,210 acres. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. 25,000 acres by. State institutions. 



Annual Average Lumber Producion (1920). 779,800,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. 700,000,000 board feet. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. $11,800. 



Forest Fire Laws. Provisions of law against setting fires, requiring spark 

 arresters, etc. Patrol system of districts. Chief problem is to secure pub- 

 lic cooperation. Cattlemen set fires to improve grazing lands. Fire preven- 

 tion work largely educational. Lack of appropriation hampers building 

 system. 



Forest Taxation Laws. No special forest taxation laws. 



Nurseries. No State forest nurseries. 



Other Activities. Literature distributed in schools, where law requires teach- 

 ing of forestry. Patrolmen address meetings urging forest fire protection. 

 Some lumber companies and hardwood industries interested in conservation 

 and cooperating in fire protection. Trophy offered to patrolman doing best 

 protection work by Appalachian Logging Congress. Women's clubs be- 

 coming interested and newspapers cooperating. 



TEXAS 



Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Forestry work 



started in 1915. 

 E. O. Siecke, State Forester, College Station, Texas. 



Area of State. 170,173,000 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 48,000,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 33,000,000 acres. 



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



Timber Stand. 38,000,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. None. 



National Forests within State. None. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. 310 acres of municipal forest. 



Average Annual Lumber Production. 1,500,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. 1,800,000,000 board feet. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. $39,600. 



