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The other half, comprising about 463 million acres, 

 is still classified as forest land, but here too the 

 forests themselves have largely disappeared. Only 

 a total of 137 million acres located almost exclu- 

 sively in the far west and south, still contains virgin 



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If the present rate of forest destruction is maintained, it is safe to 

 estimate that within the hfetime of. a child born today our timber re- 

 sources will have practically vanished. 



timber. The balance, amounting to 326 million 

 acres, is widely distributed throughout many east- 

 ern, southern and western states. Three-fourths of 

 this land Is covered with second growth and cull 

 trees, while the remaining one-fourth, or 81 million 



