FOREST POLICY. 



000.000 sets of heading, worth $441,000. Furniture, agricultural 

 and wagon stock are worth $1,245,000. 



Leather industry: Value of output, $2,800,000. The tan- 

 neries consume 846 cords of hemlock bark and 37,050 cords of 

 oak bark, worth $210,000; further, 58 barrels extract. 



Pulp and paper industry: None. 



6. Forestry movement: The "Tennessee Forestry Asso- 

 ciation" was formed two years ago. The Bureau of Forestry has 

 made and published a working plan for a 7,000 acre tract at 

 Sewanee. 



7. Laws: Fire laws absolutely ineffective. Arbor Day. 



8. Reservations: None. 



9. Irrigation: None. 



FORESTRY CONDITIONS OF TEXAS: 



1. Area: Woodlands cover 64,000 square miles or 24% 

 of the total area of State. 



2. Physiography: The Rio Grande River on the Mexican 

 line, the Red River along Indian Territory and the Pecos River 

 traversing the extreme western section are the principal streams. 



The western prairies are underlaid with limestone; the east 

 is diluvial and alluvial, taversed by the Ozarks and Cross 

 Timbers. 



3. Distribution: Deserts in the extreme west (Staked 

 Plains). Undulating prairies destitute of timber in the middle 

 west. Western red cedar found along the canyons. Western 

 high hill ranges, between Pecos and Rio Grande Rivers, show 

 New Mexican flora. Mesquit extends to the desert borders. 

 East of the 96th degree of longitude, the maritime pine belt ex- 

 liibits splendid forests of long leaf pine, loblolly pine and short 

 leaf pine (echinata). Stumpage of long leaf pine averages heavier 

 than anywhere else, on 2,900,000 acres. 



The low flats between the pine hills show impenetrable 

 thickets of hawthorn, holly and magnolia. Bald cypress forms 

 extensive forests in the river bottoms. Pecan, live oak, holly 

 and Carolina poplar show their finest development along the 

 rivers of the east. Osage orange is a common tree in the east. 

 The Cross Timbers are covered with poor post oak and black 



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