FOREST POLICY. 



of the Lake States and by the hardwood forests of the Missis- 

 sippi Valley. There are found in the State 825 saw mills, of 

 $3,815 average investment, and 280 large planing mills, of $25,000 

 average investment. The output of the lumber industry is rising, 

 being $5,000,000 in 1880 and 1890, and $7,600,000 in 1900. The cut 

 of home grown timber in 1900 consisted of: 



Conifers 138,000,000 feet b. m. 



Cottonwood 19,000,000 feet b. m. 



White oak 170,000,000 feet b. m. 



Other hardwoods 63,000,000 feet b. m. 



Logs are worth on stump $2.64 and at mill $8.36 per 1,000 

 feet b. m. 



The leather industry has used in the census year 18,312 

 cords of hemlock bark (imported) and 22,846 bales of gambier. 

 Products are valued at $7,800,000. 



The pulp and paper industry uses only 864 cords of native 

 wood, and depends on straw, rags, waste paper and pulp of for- 

 eign manufacture for its raw material. 



6. Forestry movement: None except Arbor Day and 

 bounties for prairie planting. 



7. Laws: Firing of woods and prairies permissible only 

 from April 15 to October 15. Railroads liable for fires starting 

 from sparks. Bounty of $10 per acre for forest plantations. 



8. Reservations: None. 



9. Irrigation : None. 



FORESTRY CONDITIONS OF INDIANA: 



1. Area: After 12th census, 10,800 square miles, or 30% of 

 State, are wooded. No large forests exist. 



After recent official investigations, 

 250,080 acres are stocked with heavy timber; 

 834,506 acres contain second growth, and 



3.733.456 acres are described as thin wood pasture. 



2. Physiography: Undulating land. Main river is the Wa- 

 bash. 692,738 acres are classed as waste lands in 1903. 



