y) Miscellaneous Circular 15, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture ~ 
SUGGESTION 
This circular is the outgrowth of a demand by members of clubs 
and societies that are pursuing self-culture and current thought, 
and has been prepared for people who do not have time for ex- 
haustive study of subjects that are not main objectives in life. No 
attempt at argument has been made. It is a collection of concise 
facts in sharp brevity. Those who find it possible to delve deeper, 
however, will find profitable and interesting reading in any or all 
of the following Government bulletins. They may be obtained 
for a nominal sum from the Superintendent of Documents, Gov- 
ernment Printing ante Washington, D. C., or without charge, 
while the supply lasts, from the ‘District Forester, United States 
Forest Service, Albuquerque, N. Mex. 
Forests and Forestry in the United States. (Forest Miscellaneous 
Circular. ) 
How the Public Forests are Handled. (Year Book Separate 847.) 
Wood for the Nation. (Year Book Separate 835.) 
Timber Depletion and the Answer. (Department Circular 112.) 
Government Forest Work. (Department Circular 211.) 
The Sunshine Recreation Ground of a Nation. (Forest and road map 
of Southwest with general infcrmation. ) 
The National Forests of Arizona. (Map and folder distributed by 
Forest Service.) 
The National Forests of New Mexico. (Department Circular 240.) 
In the Land of the Ancient Cliff Dweller; the Bandelier National Monu- 
ment. (Miscellaneous Circular 5.) 
Timber: Mine or Crop? (Yearbceok Separate 886.) 
WHO PAYS THE FREIGHT? 
The Nation’s lumber shipment in 1920 was about 2,070,000 car- 
loads, and the average haul for each carload 485 miles. Accord- 
ing to the best estimate of the Forest Service, the freight bill on 
lumber for that year was $275,000,000. A fraction of this sum wisely 
invested each year in forest protection and rehabilitation would 
grow timber where it is needed, reduce the Nation’s freight bill, 
cheapen lumber, and release vast amounts of railroad equipment 
and labor for unavoidable transport. Coal and iron can not be 
grown, but timber can be. 
SLUDY NOS 
AMERICAN FORESTS AND THE LUMBER INDUSTRY 
What the early colonist found—When the colonist reached the 
shores of America he found a vast forest, almost unbroken, from 
Maine to Florida and westward for an unknown distance. It was 
composed of hardwoods—oaks, elms, beeches, maples, chestnuts, 
and hickories; and softwoods or conifers—pines, spruces, and hem- 
locks. It has been estimated that this great forest covered 822,- 
000,000 acres, an area 10 times as large as ‘New Mexico and 11 times 
as large as Arizona, and that it contained 5, 200,000,0000 board feet 
of timber. 
How the colonist regarded the forests and what he did with 
them.—The colonist was dependent upon the soil for his living. Very 
little open land invited his plow. He naturally assumed that the 
