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Table 4. — Estimated amount of standi 



ng salt: timber controlled by the Federal Govern- 

 ment. 



state. 



National 

 Forests. 



Indian res- 

 ervations. 



National 

 Parks. 



Military 

 reservations. 



Unreserved 

 public lands. 



Total. 



Alabama 



Mhoardfeet. 



Mhoardfeet. 



Mhoardfeet. 



Mhoardfeet. 



1.500 



50,000 



Mhoardfeet. 

 50,000 



M hoard feet. 

 51,500 





6, 500. 000 



l.SOO.OOO 



94,800.000 



12.200,000 



5,000,000 





11,550,000 







634,000 

 3,216.000 

 1,200,000 



80,000 



2,434,000 



California . . . 



3,500,000 



8, OOO, 000 





109,516,000 



Colorado 





13,400,000 



Florida 







8,400 

 4,100 



88,400 



Georgia 









4,100 



Idaho 



34,600,000 



2,000,000 





2,000,000 



38, 600, 000 







75 

 4,640 





Kansas 











4,640 



Louisiana 





i 



55,000 



55,000 



Maine 







220 

 510 



220 



Maryland 









510 



Michigan 







36.000 

 500,000 



21.000 



13.000 



1,200,000 



10.000 



100.000 



800.000 



36,000 



Minnesota 





3,200,000 







3, 700. 000 



Mississippi 









21,000 



Missouri ; 









13,000 



Montana 



35,900,000 



2,400,000 





12,000 



39,512,000 



Nebraska 





10,000 



Nevada 



75,000 

 11,200,000 









175, 0*50 



New Mexico 



1,700,000 



3? 



40,000 



570 



30 



13, 740, 000 



New York 





• 570 



North Carolina 







30 



Oklahoma. . . 



18,000 

 90,075,000 



2, 256, 000 

 5,940,000 



4,000,000 

 3,900.000 



75. 000 

 14.000 







4,018,000 



Oregon 



562,000 



600 



2.500,000 



443,000 

 300,000 



672,' 666' 



8,000 



97, 037, 600 



South Dakota 



Utah . 



2,774,000 

 6, 254. 000 



Virginia 





50 



75,000 



50 



Washington 



Wisconsin 



89, 954, 000 



6,100,000 



2,000.000 



200. 000 



1,475,000 



98,276.000 

 2.0OS.0OO 



Wyoming 



4, 700, 000 



680,000 



900 



5,580.900 







Total 



390,018.000 



34,089.000 



10,717.000 



198,595 



13, 838, 000 



448, 860, 595 



The private forests are of two distinct classes, (1) farmers' woodlots 

 and (2) large holdingSj either individual or corporate. The farmers' 

 woodlots are chiefly scattered and detached remnants of the original 

 forests, which as a rule have been severely culled. They are mainly 

 in the eastern half of the United States and cover some 200 million 

 acres, with a stand of perhaps 300 billion board feet of saw timber and 

 IJ billion cords of wood. Aside from their protective and ornamental 

 value, they furnish much firewood, many posts, poles, and cross-ties, 

 and some lumber and cooperage stock. 



The larger private holdings contain about 1,700 billion feet. These 

 holdings generally include the best timber in the regions in which they 

 occur, since private capital always seeks the best possible investment. 

 They are the principal sources of the lumber which is used to-day, and 

 upon the manner in which they are managed depends m a large degree 

 the timber supply of the future. 



So far, true forestry has been practiced to only a slight extent, or not 

 at all, upon the forests in private hands, and, because of lack of funds, 

 it has not yet been possible to apply right methods of forest manage- 

 ment to all public forests, though such methods will eventually be 

 used in handling them. 



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