CONTENTS. 



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Purpose of the bulletin 5 



Physiographic features of the State 5 



Transportation '. 6 



Labor 7 



Ownership of land 7 



Agriculture 8 



The forest by regions 8 



Shortleaf pine uplands 8 



Longleaf pine region 11 



Alluvial region 13 



Bluff region 17 



Prairie region 18 



Sea marsh 18 



Estimates of standing timber 19 



Forest industries and annual output 21 



Forest problems of the State 24 



General 24 



Forest fires 25 



Grazing 27 



Lumbering 28 



Turpentining 31 



Forest taxation 32 



Development and maintenance of farm woodlots 34 



Planting 35 



Management of State lands 35 



Summary 36 



Progress. of forestry in Louisiana 37 



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