THE FORESTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 5G3 



A large amount of lumber is manufactured in the eastern counties in proportion to the extent of their forest 

 area; but much of the best timber of the state has been cut, and Kansas must soon depend, even more than at 

 present, upon the forests of Arkansas and Louisiana for its lumber supply. 



Considerable plantations made in the eastern and southeastern counties by railroads and in connection with 

 farms promise abundant success. All attempts, however, to raise trees iu the arid central and western parts of the 

 state have resulted in failure. 



During the census year 7,080 acres of woodland were reported destroyed by fire, with an estimated loss of 

 $14,700. The largest number of these fires originated upon the prairie. 



