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T^HIS REPORT presents the results of a forest survey made in 

 Indiana as part of the national survey of forest resources. Its 

 purpose is to make a field inventory of the present supply of standing 

 timber; to find out how fast it is being increased through gro\vth, and 

 how much it is being diminished by industrial and domestic uses, fire, 

 insects, diseases, and other causes; and to interpret and correlate these 

 findings in formulating private and public forest policies. 



The survey was made during the period November 1 949 to Decem- 

 ber 1950. Results of this work show that Indiana has more timber 

 than previously estimated. Because the present survey standards and 

 procedures are not comparable with those used in previous estimates, 

 it is not known ho\v much of the increase is due to growth. The 

 statistics that follow, however, indicate that Indiana timber stands are 

 now growing faster than they are being cut, but the quality is declining. 



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