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ship, 6% in State ownership. 3% inchided in national parks and on un- 

 reserved oubHc lands, and yS% controlled bv the national 

 Figures forests. Some idea of the amount of this timber can be secured 



That when it is considered that one billion feet of timber will load 



Astound a string of freight cars 417 miles long, or it would build 65,000 



By Their ordinary five or six-room houses. This State resource, figured 

 Vastness. at an average stum]Dage of $2.00 per ]\I.. represents a direct 

 money value of approximately $131,200,000. Turning this tim- 

 ber into lumber means $10 in wages and supplies and an equal amount for 



Making a Farm and Orchard Out of a "Stump" Ranch in the Mountains. 



freight for every thousand feet manufactured. 



SunTming up, the commercial value of the forests of the State in all 

 ownerships represents an 

 aggregate community wealth 

 of approximately $1,443,- 

 200.000. To a state whose 



greatest resource is its agri- 

 cultural lands, the value of 

 such a body of timber is in- 

 calcuable. Enormous 



amounts of timber are need- 

 ed for the development of 

 its lands for building pur- 

 poses. The old sod roof 

 house of the early pioneer 

 has given place to the lum- 

 ber constructed house of the 



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An Unusually Well Developed Forest Homestead. 



prosperous farmer. The great yields of grain must have for its 

 proper handling storage elevators and granaries. Montana has 

 for the past four or five years been one of the largest markets 

 for lumber Roughly estimated it consumes annually 200,000 

 million feet of lumber. Its forest can supply its own needs 

 and this insures abundant timber in any development work in 



the State, an extremely important matter for new investors to take into 



consideration. 



Lumber 

 Enough tc 

 Supply a 

 Great 

 Nation. 



-Grief and grouches don't grow well in Montana. 



