FOREST POLICY. 



Railroad grades are fearful. Minimum log diameter of long 

 leaf pine admitted is lo inches. Average log size about 220 

 feet b. m. 



Turpentine industry is now tapping the pole-woods as well 

 as the tree-woods. Lumbermen box two or three years before 

 cutting. Echinata and heterophylla as' well as palustris are boxed. 



Leather industry: Insignificant. 

 ■ Paper and pulp industry: None. 



6. Forestry movement: None. 



7. Laws: Firing on vacant land is allowed only during 

 the three spring months. On appropriated land, malicious firing 

 only is prohibited. 



8. Reservations: None. 



9. Irrigation: In 1899, 40 acres were irrigated; 30 acres 

 in rice and 10 in truck. 



FORESTRY CONDITIONS OF MISSOURI: 



1. Area: 41,000 square miles, equal to 60% of the area 

 of the State, are classed as woodlands. 



2. Physiography: The Mississippi River forms the east- 

 ern line; the Missouri River traverses the State from west to east 

 Undulating plains. Highest mountains are the Ozarks, from 

 800 feet to 1,000 feet high. 



3. Distribution: The northwestern portion is prairie, with 

 the usual forest groves along the rivers. The south-southeastern 

 part exhibits short leaf pine (echinata) on the hills, notably on 

 the Ozarks, alternating with stretches of post oak barrens. The 

 undergrowth underneath pine is formed ,by oaks (scarlet, black, 

 post, white), hickories and black gum. Altogether, 3,000,000 acres 

 of pine are said to be found, the average stumpage being 

 only 2,000 feet b. m. (after Mohr, often 3,000 to 4,000 feet 

 b. m.). The lower dells of the east, south of the Missouri, show 

 splendid broad leaf forests, where oak, walnut and ash, of prime 

 quality, are still found away from the railroads. In the deep 

 swamps of the southeast, cypress and tupelo gum prevail. In 

 shallow water, swamp maple, swamp plane tree, swamp white 

 ash and water honey locust occur. In the damp woods, gigantic 

 cottonwoods, burr oaks, gums and cypresses. Here, perhaps, is 



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