FOREST POLICY. 



$3.95. 114 saw mills report an average investment of $4,759. No 

 paper, pulp or leather industries. 



6. Forestry movement: • Nill. 



7. Laws: Usual fire and camper's laws. Arbor Day law. 



8. Reservations: Bitter Root forest reserve, meant to pro- 

 tect irrigation in Washington, contains 4,147,200 acres, of which 

 690,000 acres lie in Montana. 



The Priest River forest reserve, part of which (104,000 acres) 

 lies in Washington, comprises 645,120 acres. 



9. Irrigation: Only possible from small' feeders in outskirt 

 valleys. 



The products of irrigation are forage crops (alfalfa) and 

 small grain at the higher elevations of 4,000 to 5,000 feet; orchard 

 fruit at elevations of 2,000 to 3,000 feet, notably along the lower 

 course of the rivers (Snake River). 



The irrigated area, 600,000 acres, has produced, in 1899, 

 $5,400,000 worth of crops from irrigation systems costing 

 $5,100,000. 



FORESTRY CONDITIONS OF ILLINOIS: 



1. Area: 10,200 square miles or 18% of area of State are 

 classed as woodland. 



2. Physiography: Gently rolling prairies. Mississippi 

 River on western line. Illinois River traverses State from north- 

 east to southwest. 



3. Distribution: The southern third of the State once con- 

 tained good to splendid hardwood forests stocked with the hard- 

 woods of the Mississippi River Basin, in addition to cypress 

 swamps. The northern two-thirds are prairie, excepting a belt 

 along the lake, on which white pine is sparingly found. The 

 oak openings on the prairie are stocked with burr, scarlet, red, 

 black and post oaks. 



4. Forest ownership: All woodland is attached to farms, 

 excepting 162,000 acres of 4,800 feet b. m. average stumpage, 

 owned by 167 lumber firms. 



5. Use of timber: Chicago is still the most important lum- 

 ber distributing center in the United States, fed by the pineries 



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