204 MISC. PUBLICATION 218, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Column 8 shows the ratios of assessed value of forests to assessed value of 
rural real estate. These were computed from columns 5 and 6. Column 9 
shows the ratios of assessed value of forests to the total tax base. These were 
computed from columns 5 and 7. 
An examination of table 67 reveals that forests constituted 4 per- 
cent of the rural real estate and 1 percent of the total property tax 
base of the United States in 1929. On a regional basis the ratios 
of forests to rural real estate and to the total tax base are given in 
table 69. 
TABLE 69.—Ratios of assessed value of forests to assessed value of rural real estate 
and to total tax base, by regions 
: Rural real | Total tax 
Region estate base 
Percent Percent 
TPS CUTT CY COS Bea a a NE Ea Eth eR he dS Na eC 1 4 
SOU a ee a ee a ett eae an Ee ere Oe el ee 9 4 
INOPEH UE OGE ye MO ara Ri Ty eee ee ae Wit) te Re eee Ue Mea Jee 9 6 
IN ew: me lam dike Sees eee eS a Re eR 4 2 
RCL es ae i Ne eS a ee AE ee a ANCE ENT RSS 2 RE EINE es sere ea ES 3 1 
IMIG TeRA GlambiCs ae ae Ee Dele Ne eee ei al oR a Re eres ee 2 (1) 
COLT of 5 rr; aan ain ales MOP ae aan My eRpe OO op ehiN DUNN fro tera and a iy i gO 25 AB or As es A ee 1 1 
SOut he Roc key Mio era Gah Sa ee a ee as ha ee Ree (1) (4) 
1 Less than 0.5 percent. 
Forests are thus a comparatively important part of the tax base 
in three regions, the Pacific coast, South, and North Rocky Mountain. 
In the other regions forests occupy a relatively less important place 
in the tax base. 
These results for large regions do not tell the whole story of the 
importance of forests in the tax bases of the separate States. The 
ratios in the States in which forests represent 5 percent or more of 
the rural real estate (about 40 percent of all States) are given in 
table 70. 
TaBLE 70.—Ratios of assessed value of forests to assessed value of rural real estate 
and to total tax base in the more important forest States 
Rural real | Total tax 
State estate base 
Percent Percent 
CO) SNK 0} 6 Vee en ON ean ae GaN SAM RN EEE RS, Ary URN Ng RE NRG ANU eee Us eed Bh 36 18 
AV OUISTATIA ee TANTRA oaks Te ee ase Pe GER LU Ace UE Et aa 26 8 
Mian sri 2s SSR REE SSE Sea A he BIS hh Ee) LA ae Sa OS ie oe ee 20 13 
Geonpia =: eet re AD aie, ev er ag eee 6 Ue oe ge oe ee ee Ce Re 20 7 
SMV ERSTE OT i Sao es ELE wate OD PE ye dn es pe 18 9 
IVETSSISS UTD Po Tee ese te tee late apna ge aee  R e a SlO C 17 11 
Mab amiach err setts SUR AAs LAE Tee EE RPS A TS EA AR ee 16 7 
Southa@ arolina= ie seuss 2 pa ee ee ee Le SU, Sen Cue eee 15 7 
NAGI 64V 0} 0] Beep eee eg. a. uae At eed ees RENNIE OCR SAY Mee ee rere eames irs Sy Oe ye Ba 14 10 
oF Fed 25 GNESI le i 0 eed LIE 2 aly Salta he area Ae oY aN PORN ML Se tak OO ly Se 14 9 
OREN GV) a peas ee Sites BS pee 1 he re ee ae eee Peer one ee Ng 12 9 
WOniG a] = 22 Gti Fee Ee. Bae ae a ele ee nee he ES Ae 10 5 
TROMIMESSCO ae ee re ek Sa ee Ce Rh ad eee Si Rie eee eee 10 4 
INO WRELATEDS Hire Batters res see oy LN ete) FBP Tia Aa Eg) ea a Ba 9 6 
INorthi@arolinayes 2 eaSe 28252 Sa Ah ELON Es 2k Ce RE ee 5 
Vii Cn Pare ee ee A rg ee yd Winer EN Rd cop RS RSE LDN 6 2 
VAL TV ee a ea a Ee se eth 2 ee See 5 3 
ACO TA GU CRny Sn ee ei Dn apa OEE eS ak ne ne eee a 5 2 
Wa ifr Bee Bae ES UTE eS ie RE ee ea SUES. Ne ea 5 2 
