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land being held for a second crop. This is one of the few types 

 in the United States which can average 1000 board feet per acre 

 per annum under management. This means that the soil is 

 worth at least $10 per acre for timber production. With fire 

 ehminated — and this is not a difficult task in the humid cHmate 

 of the type — there is very Kttle risk since insect and fungus 

 enemies are not abundant. 



Titles. — With only a short chain of title possible resting upon 

 the original grant from the Federal Government and each square 

 mile surveyed there can be little difficulty in identifying, describ- 

 ing or passing title to redwood land. The only precaution that 

 needs to be observed is to make sure that no fraud was practised 

 in obtaining title from the United States. The methods used in 

 the early days to secure timber lands under the homestead and 

 timber and stone laws were not always exactly regular. 



