214 MISC. PUBLICATION 218, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
TaBLE 77.—Forests in the tax base of the counties in Mississippi, 1928—29—Con 
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Assessed value Ratio of Ratio of 
Ue oe ET ee eee eon We ORESUS ty 
County to rural a 
Forests? | Rural real All Teal €S- | tax base 
estate property tate 
1,000 dollars| 1,000 dollars| 1,000 dollars| Percent | Percent 
8 
Wetlore tees et sk ee si a ee 1, 740 10, 574 20, 800 16 
Toin COMMA Sere ere eee ee ee ek ae ee 1, 469 2, 803 9, 827 52 15 
JGOWMNEESE Se ob Ch ae ee 1, 006 4, 533 12, 579 22 8 
MEA GISOT Es eS eee Bese a eee nae 440 5, 623 11, 907 8 4 
WAY [eV eho a Va adi MEN a Robe i ko ee eee 1, 450 2, 278 5, 484 64 26 
Miarshialiic ee 2 = 82 22 (ea ies ee a eee 1, 419 3, 236 eas 44 18 
MONT OCS S22 e3 toe 20 ae eee 1, 818 5, 664 12, 833 32 14 
Monte OMeny sss ee ee eee 678 1, 503 4, 698 45 14 
INeshOD ates: 2 a= Sees eeeae eterna ae 1, 630 2, 575 5, 536 63 29 
ING WitO mn se ce we erie ON Eh ata alee Nae a 1, 262 2, 519 6, 819 50 19 
INO XU COLA ae Se ee Ue eae an 3, 349 6, 311 10, 158 53 33 
Ohi be lias eee a eee ea en 1, 307 2, 799 6, 259 47 21 
IPen0] aes eae = Soe ae are eel ae eee eee 1, 295 4, 190 9, 490 31 14 
RearlwRiverss 2. 26) 2 a en ee 6, 493 6, 943 12, 427 94 52 
Wee) ae ere I ee Se eee 2, 660 3, 096 4, 472 86 59 
Bikenees sec ee Linn Ger CaN alee eee ee Cie 958 2, 186 10, 622 44 9 
POM GO EOC Be eae ee rare LS ane es 1, 265 2, 647 4, 630 48 27 
IPTEMtISS Hass So ee ee 982 2, 590 5, 209 38 19 
Quitmans ose Ss ee ee a eee 1, 519 6, 858 10, 077 22 15 
TPE) ahr a a ee ee 2, 076 3, 427 6, 734 61 31 
Scotts 22. Dee ati es eo ee 1, 707 2, 256 5, 880 76 29 
STDS TE 0 yy apes a a nn er er 1, 506 3, 343 5, 657 45 27 
FS) 0001) OLY Op 0 LANL Se Dc BEN Eee ee es 2, 473 3, 489 6, 678 71 37 
Sit se ee Sea ay oo eee ee ek ee 2, 944 3, 662 5, 042 80 58 
StOne sss sre estes en a res ere aS ae et ee ae eee 1, 626 1, 973 3, 230 82 50 
Sunflowert: 222s 27 Sea al ae ee 1, 507 15, 770 23, 690 10 6 
Mallahatchicwsei' fo sone ee oe ee cae 1, 879 6, 618 12, 055 28 16 
A BES a eek Ue SN aa og ay a ee aa 687 2, 948 5, 591 23 12 
Tp Danses SSS Sa 2 ee sR a a a 871 1, 993 38, 874 44 22 
ARTS IYO TIDINGS Oscars ee oe a ree 819 1, 450 4, 316 y/ 19 
AUN CA: Soe ses Oe ee Dau eee ees 1, 487 7, 989 10, 989 19 14 
(Win T Ome ae ee PS ee Sk a Ln eee 1, 036 2, 880 6, 330 36 16 
NTA Eee DUE a ee ae 1, 126 i 3, 312 56 34 
Win Tr emesis eee ee RA ae Ce eee 1, 330 3, 005 22, 885 44 6 
A's ETSI EOD oF 0) 0 nent ei a A oe, oe SR es 2, 008 10, 645 28, 120 19 9 
Era 0a Wa es Se ee ee se eee eee aes 3, 244 4,199 7, 020 77 46 
IWiebstert = i222 oe Oe eee aS Se 963 1, 604 3, 118 60 31 
ATAU) ab avsfoy o Wea ese ee men eee gee SN ies Se 2, 604 3, 532 5, 929 74 44 
WANS tO ne eee oe ee Be nee 2, 137, 3, 043 5, 688 70 38 
GEN Co) Ob FS) as Se a ee SE EN Ph ee SN 716 1, 520 5, 765 47 12 
RYSAZ, OO et ee Ae tier oe bs ee es eA Nee rie 2, 164 5, 709 13, 816 38 16 
1 Sources of data: Columns 2-4 (91, pp. 9-12); columns 5 and 6 by computation from this table. 
2 Includes ‘‘timber and timbered lands”’ and ‘‘uncultivatable lands.”’ 
CoLoRabDo 
The forest lands of Colorado are for the most part in public owner- 
ship and, therefore, have but a very small part in the tax base. The 
area of privately owned forest land in Colorado, as given in table 68, 
is 2,579,000 acres, whereas the total area of the State is 66,341,000 
acres (94, pt.3, p. 205). This situation is typical of all of the States 
in the South Rocky Mountain region. 
The Colorado Tax Commission (87, p. 90) in 1928 reported only 
597,881 acres of ‘‘timberlands’’, which obviously does not inciude 
cut-over forest lands. This area has an assessed value of $1,280,000. 
Data are not available as to the assessed value of the remaining 
2,000,000 acres of privately owned forest. But the assessed value of 
the timberlands category, which probably contains most of the valu- 
able forest land and which also contains some other elements besides 
timber, will serve to give an approximate idea of the assessed value of 
forests. ‘Table 78 shows, for the 16 counties of Colorado which re- 
ported taxable timberlands, the ratio of forests (tamberlands) to rural 
real estate and to the total tax base. It is evident that forests occupy 
