50 AGKICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS. 



Approximate total area 269,440 acres. 



Virgin timber lands Negligible. 



Second growth lands 20,000 acres. 



Culled and cut-over lands 60,000 acres. 



All other lands 189,440 acres. 



Virgin timber lands have all been cut over with the possible exception 

 of small areas of more or less unmerchantable hardwood growth. 



Second growth stands consist of mixed hardwoods and small, scattered 

 areas of pine. The future value of second growth timber is given little 

 consideration. 



Culled and cut-over lands were formerly timbered with a growth of 

 pine or mixed hardwoods depending upon their location. After logging 

 they tend to reforest with species likely never to be merchantable. The 

 greater portion of the forest area is in creek bottoms and swamps. 



Diversified farming is practiced and for the most part farm lands 

 are in excellent cultivation. While little new land is cleared no old lands 

 are abandoned. Farms range in size from 40 to 500 acres. Improved 

 lands are subject to severe washing in the more hilly sections. The 

 larger streams overflow at frequent intervals and by far the largest acreage 

 of waste land is of the overflow type. Three-fourths of the county has 

 general stock law. 



Lumbering is not an important industry in Titus County. At the 

 present time nine small mills produce approximately 900,000 feet of 

 lumber annually. They are usually operated in connection with cotton 

 gins and run very irregularly. 



Tie cutting operations are practically at a standstill. Individual owners 

 supply a very limited demand and the suitable timber is about exhausted. 

 No stave operators are cutting in the county. One heading mill, however, 

 consumes approximately 2,500 cords per year, the raw material being 

 shipped from as many as 16 surrounding counties. A few cars of kindling 

 are sold to the local railroads annually. 



Public sentiment is opposed to burning the woodlands, and fires seldom 

 do serious injury. Reproduction of the more desirable species, however, 

 is lacking and more attention should be paid to the growing of woodlot 

 products. 



TRINITY COUNTY. 



Trinity County is peculiarly situated in the East Texas pine timber 

 belt. The eastern half lies within the longleaf region; the western half 

 within the shortleaf region, and the southern boundary coincides with the 

 northern boundary of the loblolly region. The county is, therefore, the 

 meeting ground of the three commercial pines of East Texas. The land 

 surface is generally level in the eastern portion, but more hilly or rolling 

 in the western. The Trinity and Neches Rivers drain the county toward 

 the south and east. Soils range from light, sandy loams to dark, clav 

 loams and for the most part produce excellent crops. Public roads show 

 much improvement. About 102 miles of mainline and 28 miles of logging 

 railroad are operated in the county. 



The land area mav be divided as follows: 



