FOREST POLICY. 



yellow pine preponderates in open forests (ponderosa). The foot- 

 hills show juniper, cedar, pinon, scrub oak. The best forests 

 are in the central north and in the southwest, where the diagonal 

 mountain chain traversing Arizona enters the territory. 



4. Forest ownership: Lumbermen own 1,518,000 acres. At- 

 tached to farms are 10% of the forests. The railroads and mines 

 are said to control large tracts. Reservations cover 3,258,080 

 acres, equal to 4% of the territorial area. 



5. Use: Forests are mostly used for pasture, especially 

 in the yellow pine region. In the foothills' forests, yellow pine 

 is the most valuable timber. Cedar and juniper are used for 

 fence posts. Scrub oaks and pinion are used for fuel. In the 

 census year the cut was 203,000 feet b. m. of Engelmann's spruce 

 and Douglas spruce, and 31,637,000 feet. b. m. of yellow pine, 

 averaging 1,700 feet b. m. to the acre. Merchantable timber is 

 found only on the higher mountains. Mill investments average 

 $5,200. Lumbermen control 1,000,000,000 feet b. m. of spruce and 

 1,300,000,000 feet of yellow pine. No pulp or leather industries. 

 Stock raising stands paramount. Fires are said to do little dam- 

 age, excepting north of Santa Fe. 



6. Forestry movement: None. 



7. Laws: Usual fire laws. Liability for all damages. 

 Denver and Rio Grande railroad is the only road privileged to 

 cut timber for repairs from government land. 



8. Reservations: The Pecos River reserve, of 431,000 

 acres, lies northeast of Santa Fe and comprises the sources of 

 the Canadian and Pecos Rivers. 



The Gila River forest reserve is large (2,327,040 acres) and 

 compact and drains, through the Rio Grande, westward into the 

 Pacific. In July, 1902, the Lincoln forest reserve of 500,000 acres 

 was created in the central south of the Territory. 



9. Irrigation: 88,900 acres. Agriculture possible only in 

 the canons of the main rivers, depending on irrigation. 



The Aborigines have irrigated their farms from time im- 

 memorial on. Agricultural chances are best along the southern 

 broad-bottomed course of the Rio Grande. Ditches, roughly 

 constructed, are usually held in common by the Mexican inhab- 

 itants. The farms have the form of oblongs, the narrow side 

 joining the river. 



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