FOREST TAXATION IN THE UNITED STATES 251 
this table give the ratios of taxes at the end of a certain period to 
the taxes at the beginning of the same period. The periods chosen 
for this comparison are of 5 years’ duration, except for the last 
period, which covers only 4 years, since data beyond 1929 are lack- 
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YEAR 
{ FOREST TAXES, CORP. F WASH. 7 FOREST TAXES, CORP. £ MAINE 
2 FOREST TAXES, CORP. D N.H. 6 FOREST TAXES, CORP. A MAINE 
$ 3 FOREST TAXES, CORP. B N.Y. 9 FOREST TAXES,CORP. C MAINE 
4 FOREST TAXES, CORP. B VT. _ 10 FARM TAXES, 26 STATES 
‘5S FOREST TAXES, CORP. D VT. tl STATE AND LOCAL TAX COLLECTIONS 
6 FOREST TAXES, CORP. B MAINE IN THE UNITED STATES 
FIGURE 8.—Trend in forest taxes per acre as compared with the trend in State and local tax collections in 
the United States and with the average trend in farm taxes per acre for 26 States. (All taxes based on 
1926 purchasing power; sources of data: Tables 101, 102, 103, 105, and 106.) 
ing in some cases. It will be noted that the foregoing trend figures 
are not available for every year and that they are not all for the 
same years. In order to obtain comparable data, therefore, it was 
necessary to interpolate from the known data the data for the mis- 
sing years. This was accomplished by reading the data from the 
eraphs in figures 7, 8, and 9. 
