308 



TIMBER RESOURCES FOR -AMERICA'S FUTURE 



more than 50% "other" private 

 (Numbers indicate millions of 

 acres in "other" private ownerships) 



25 to 50% "other" private 

 less than 25% "other" private 



Figure 100 



represent one-fourth of all commercial forest lands, 

 or approximately as much as all public holdings 

 combined. 



Nearly half of the total acreage of farm owner- 

 ships is in holdings of less than 100 acres. An 

 especially large proportion of 64 percent is found 

 in the North and a low proportion of 14 percent 

 in the West: 



United States 

 Size of farm holding (acres) (percent) 



Less than 100 47 



100 to 500 36 



500 to 5,000 14 



5,000 to 50,000 3 



50,000 and larger__- (') 



Total 100 



' Less than 0.5 percent. 



North 

 (percent) 



64 



South 

 (percent) 



41 



WMt 



(percent) 

 14 



32 



39 



32 



4 



16 



41 



(') 



4 



9 











4 



100 



100 



100 



