FOREST POLICY. 



tains. Lumbermen own 409,000,000 feet b. m. yellow pine stump- 

 age on 202,000 acres. 



5. Use: Most prominent use of the forest is that for cat- 

 tle and sheep pasture. Forest fires do little damage, forests being 

 open. Sheep grazing in the reserves from April until December. 



Output of lumber industry in 1900 was 36,250,000 feet b. m., 

 worth $547,000. Log stumpage, $1.03. Saw logs at mill, $7.50. 

 Only 14 saw mills, with average capital of $26,000. No pulp or 

 leather industry. Mining industry, near Prescott, obtains sup- 

 plies from the Bradshaw Mountains. Saw mills turn out largely 

 yellow pine ties. Percentage of I's and 2's in the lumber not 

 over 7%. 



6. The forestry movement in Arizona is nill. 



7. Laws: Forest fire laws punish negligent or wilful firing 

 as a misdemeanor. 



8. Reservations: The Grand Canon forest reserve is not 

 a forest reserve proper. It contains forest only south of the 

 Colorado. It occupies 1,851,520 acres. 



The Prescott forest reserve covers 423,680 acres; the Black 

 Mesa forest reserve 4,658,880 acres. The latter extends to the 

 New Mexico line, forming a narrow belt of forest at high ele- 

 vations. 



The San Francisco Mountain forest reserve, with Flagstaff 

 in the center, lies between the Grand Canon and Black Mesa re- 

 serves and contains 1,975.310 acres. This reserve will be impor- 

 tant for lumbermen in the near future. 



In April, 1902, the Santa Rita forest reserve of 387,300 acres 

 was created. In July, 1902, there were created three new re- 

 serves, namely: ^, 



Mt. Graham forest reserve (118,600 acres); 



Santa Catalina forest reserve (155,520 acres); 



Chirihahua forest reserve (169,600 acres). 



All reserves lie on the diagonal mountain range referred to, 

 and are well selected. 



9. Irrigation: In 1900, 190,000 acres of farm land were 

 irrigated. Area is small, owing to irregularity of precipitations 

 and lack of steady supply. The necessity and, at the same time, 

 the opportunity for farms irrigated from storage reservoirs is 

 great. 



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