Figure 3. — This scene in Steuben County is somewhat typical of northern Indiana. The better soils have been cleared for crops, and forests remain as 



small, scattered woodlands and borders along streams. 



Besides the 3.5 million acres of cleared pastureland, 

 farmers use 1.7 million acres of their woodlands for 

 pasture. The Forest Survey found that 12 percent of 

 all forest land is being so heavily grazed that, if 

 such grazing continues, the forest cover will eventu- 

 allv be eliminated. 



Mining 



The more important minerals produced in Indiana 

 are coal, gas and oil, stone, clay, and sand and gravel. 

 Sand and gravel operations have disturbed an esti- 

 mated 17,000 to 18,000 acres of land. Gas and oil 



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Figure 4. — Southern Indiana has 

 many abandoned and eroded 

 fields, such as this, which would 

 often be better utilized as forest. 



Forest Resource Report No. 10, U. S. Department of Agricultut 



