FOREST POLICY. 



In White River reserve: Spruce, 930; balsam, 310; aspen, 

 100; lodgepole pine, 50; Douglas fir, 25. 



In Battlement Mesa reserve: Spruce, 112; balsam, 37; as- 

 pen, 65. 



9. Irrigation: The products of irrigation are forage crops 

 and coarse grain staples; further, cantaloupes, peaches, potatoes. 



Farming depends entirely on irrigation. On the South 

 Platte and Arkansas Rivers irrigated farming is highly developed, 

 handicapped in its progress by private ownership of water stor- 

 age at the headwaters. 



The irrigated area of Colorado, 1,611,000 acres, exceeds 

 that of all other States. The value of the irrigated products was, 

 in 1899, $15,100,000. The irrigation system constructed cost $11,- 

 700,000. 



FORESTRY CONDITIONS OF CONNECTICUT: 



1. Area under forest, 1,900 square miles, or 39% of the 

 State, are classed as woodland. 



2. Physiography: The Connecticut River traverses the 

 State centrally, running north to south. Low mountains and 

 hills stretching in the same direction show rugged and stony slopes. 



3. Distribution: The primeval woods are extinct. A third 

 or fourth growth of coppiced chestnut, oak, birch, ash, elm, hick- 

 ory, basswood and cottonwood forms the woodlands, mixed with 

 white pine said to readily reproduce on old fields and wood lots. 

 The usual coppice rotation is 30 years. 



4. Forest ownership: 50 mill firms own 9,195 acres of for- 

 est. Average stumpage is said to be 9,200 feet b. m. (?) 90% 

 of the woodlands are attached to farms. 



5. Use of timber: Stumpage costs $2.90; logs at mill, $7.88 

 per 1,000 feet b. m. 187 saw mills, mostly along the rivers, report 

 an average investment of $3,567. The output of the lumber indus- 

 try is rising in value. 



In 1860 $ 572,000 



In 1880 1,076,000 



In 1900 1,118,000 



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