204 TIMBERS AND THEIR USES 



1,851,520 acres ; California, Siena reserve 

 4,096,000 acres, and Pine Mountain and Jack 

 Lake reserve 1,644,000 acres ; Idalio and Mon- 

 tana, Bitter Root reserve 4,147,200 acres ; 

 Montana Lewis and Clarke reserve 2,296,000 

 acres ; Oregon, Cascade Range reserve 

 4,492,000 acres ; Washington State, Washington, 

 Olympic and Mount Rainai reserve 8,077,920 

 acres ; Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park 

 Timber Land reserve 1,239,000 acres. 



Seeing how progressive the United States has 

 always proved in the domain of agriculture, one 

 would expect to find the same spirit ruUng in 

 her forest service, but this is not the case. 

 Despite a very large number of excellent bul- 

 letins and publications relating to forestry 

 issued by the State, she has never shown the 

 same care of her standing timber as have many 

 ^ European governments. 



Canada is the chief timber -growing colony 

 of the British Empire. Nearly 38 per cent of 

 the total area of the colony, or 1,248,700 square 

 miles, is forest land, the largest areas of timber 

 being in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. 



Among the articles of forest produce exported 

 to foreign countries, White Pine and Spruce, 

 in the log, in small balks and sawn into lumber, 

 come first, while among the hard woods, Oak 



