THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



SOME FACTS ABOUT OUR 

 FORESTS 



The forests of the United States originally 

 covered an area of some 800,000,000 acres, 

 but are now reduced to 550,000,000 acres, of 

 which about 190,000,000 acres are in farm 

 woodlots, and 360,000,000 acres in larger 

 bodies of forest. These forests are naturally 

 divided into the following regions : 



The Northern Forest, which extends from 

 Maine to northern Greorgia along the Appa- 

 lachian Mountains, and spreads westward 

 over the region of the Great Lakes. The 

 white, red, and jack pines, firs, spruces, and 

 the beech, birches, and maples are its char- 

 acteristic trees. 



The Southern Forest, which follows the 

 coast from southern New Jersey to Texas 

 with an extension northward over Arkansas 

 into southern Missouri. The yellow pines, 



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