FOREST POLICY. 



of the timber, however, will be left according to the selection 

 of the Bureau of Forestry. 



The friends of forestry now endeavor to obtain a national 

 park in the northeast, close to Lake Superior. 



7. Laws: "Staples bill" forbids the removal of timber 

 previous to payment of back taxes. 



"Cross bill," of 1899, makes State forestry feasible on land 

 either donated by lumbermen or set aside by the State for reserve 

 purposes. Practically no appropriation and practically no dona- 

 tions. Companies are forbidden to own over 5,000 acres of land. 

 Fire warden law, see under "forestry movement." 



8. Reservations: The Lake Itasca State forest reserve is 

 insignificant. 



The Chippewa or "Minnesota National" forest reserve will 

 be gradually established after timber is sold, and is expected to 

 finally comprise 225,000 acres. 



9. Irrigation: None. 



FORESTRY CONDITIONS OF MISSISSIPPI: 



1. Area: Area of woodlands, 32,300 square miles, or 70%. 



2. Physiography: Alluvial and diluvial soil. Huge bot- 

 toms between Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. The Pearl River 

 on the Louisiana line. The Tombigby River drains the north- 

 eastern part. 



3. Distribution: Originally the forest was half pine and 

 half hardwood. Long leaf pine prevails in the south, extending 

 northward to the latitude of Vicksburg and Meridian, on sandy 

 soil, especially on former dunes. A belt along the Mississippi, 

 some 30 miles wide, is free from long leaf pine. Cuban pine, 

 with the long leaf, up to 60 miles from the coast, occupies moist 

 soil, on which it regenerates freely. It is not found west of the 

 Pearl River. Echinata is not found close to the coast, begin- 

 ning where Cuban pine ends. It often appears mixed with 

 long leaf and taeda pine, and prevails on the divide separating 

 the Tombigby from the Yazoo Rivers on 5,000 square miles. 

 Trees are more scattering than in Texas and Arkansas, the hard- 

 woods taking a larger 'share in the composition of the forest. 

 Taeda occurs everywhere east of the Yazoo, from the coast up 

 to the Tennessee line, under the name of short straw pine, lob- 



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