panies generally lease rather than own land, 

 paying a fixed rate per acre. According to the 

 1935 census, the 35,400 farms scattered throughout 

 the unit made up 32 percent of the area and had an 

 average size of 90 acres. Half of these farms were 

 operated by full or part owners. 



The State of Texas owns five small State forests, 

 of which four are within the unit, totaling more 

 than 4,000 acres in Houston, Tyler, Montgomery, 

 and Newton Counties. The State cooperates 



with private landowners to maintain 85,000 acres 

 of game preserves. Land approved for purchase 

 by the Federal Government, to make up four 

 national forests, amounted to 629,659 acres in 

 October 1936. Of this amount 614,004 acres 

 were in complete Federal ownership as of June 

 30, 1937. 



Table 1 shows the distribution of the land area 

 according to the classes of land use that were recog- 

 nized bv the Survev. 



Table 1. — Land area classified according to land use 



Form of use 



Distribution of total area 



Form of use 



Distribution o 



[ total area 



Nonforest: 



Agricultural: 



Acres 

 1, 262, 500 

 16, 400 



169, 900 



83, 000 



1, 198, 400 



Percent 

 12.8 

 .2 



1.7 



.8 



12. 1 



Nonforest — Continued: 

 Total agricultural 



Acres 

 2, 730, 200 

 542, 400 



Percent 

 27.6 



In cultivation: 



Other nonforest... 



5.5 





Total nonforest 







3, 272, 600 



33. 1 



Out of cultivation: 



Idle 



Forest: 



Productive. . 





6, 609, 500 

 11, 700 



06. 8 



Pasture - . 



Nonproductive . 



. 1 





Total forest 







2, 730, 200 



27.6 



6, 621, 200 



66.9 





Totalalluses .' 







9, 893, 800 



100. 



