THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



invested in the lumber industry, whose 

 49,000 mills are capable of cutting 117 

 billion feet per year, an amount more than 

 two and one-half times greater than the 

 largest they have ever produced, which was 

 46 billion feet in 1907, 



According to the report of the U. S. 

 Bureau of Corporations, 195 holders of 

 timberlands own one-quarter of all the 

 standing timber in the United States, and 

 three holders own nearly one-eighth. 



The largest single owner in the United 

 States is the Southern Pacific Railroad, with 

 over 100 billion board feet. Three holdings, 

 the Southern Pacific, Weyerhauser, and 

 Northern Pacific, amount to almost 240 

 billion feet. 



The same report tells us that 1694 timber 

 owners hold more than 100 million acres, or 

 something over one-twentieth of the whole 

 land area of the United States. 



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