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192 THE TEXAS
in Texas is given at 3,700, of which 3,600
was planted by individuals and 100 by
other agencies.
NATOCAL, AND STATE FORESTS.
As reported by United States Department of Ag-
riculture. Does not include parks and county and
municipal forests.
*National State
forest forest
lands lands
State- (acres). (acres).
Alabama .......120.404 .......
Arizona ................. 11,234,670
Arkansas ................ 963,287
California ................. 19,143,640
Colorado ......... ...... 13,249,150
Connecticut ............... 20,000
District of Columbia..............
Florida ................... 342,771
Georgia .................. 238,538
Idaho .................. 19,071,962 700,000
Illinois .1....... 0.710
Indiana .......................... 3,547
Iowa ................. ........ .......
Kansas...................
Kentucky ................. 22,660 3.624
Louisiana ................. 2,200
Maine ................. 32,256 100
Marylend ............. 4,725 3.835
Massachusetts ............. 97,000
Michlgan ................. 126,762 333.000
Minncsota ................ 991,106 350,000
Missouri
ontana .................. 15,872,610 566.000
Nebraska ................ 205,945
Nevada .................. 4,977.106
New Hfmpshire............ 407,252 20.538
New Jersey................ 6,785 18,954
New Mexico.............. 8,482,315
New York ............... 15.954 2,026,74P
North Carolina............ 365,658
North Dakota............. .........
Ohio. . . 33.7
Oklahoma ..........6...... 61,480 .......
Oregon ................ 13,199.388
Pennsylvania ............. 124,135 1.131.885
Rhode Island.... ...........
South Carolina............. 39.748
South Dakota................1,064.252
Tennessee ................. 267,939
Texas ............................ 5,632
Utah .................... 7,455,070
Vermont .........30........0.......
Virginia ...... ......... 516.597 588
Wablungton ........... . . 9,714,238 - 40,763
West Virginia ............. 219,125 15.393
Wiseonsin ................. 97,000
Wyoming ................. 8,500101 .......
Continental United
States .............137.048,339 5.501,077
k . .... ... 21.334.274 ......
Hawaii .. ............ ... 579.905
Porta Rico................ 12.443 40,000
Total ................158,36,0Q0Q 6.120.982
*These figures do not include the foreete4 land.
within Indian reservations, national parks, national
monuments, some military reservations, and the
unreserved public domain.
TEXAS PROBLEM OF FOREST
CONSERVATION.
A glance at the figures showing rela-
tion between original forest area and
virgin timber stand of Texas and area and
stand today shows that the Texas forest
asset is dwindling rapidly. Just how
long the Texas large scale lumber pro-
duction can continue unless decided steps
toward reforestation are taken is a mat-
ter of speculation, but it is usually placed
at about ten years by those who have
made a study of forest conditions in
Texas. History of the forest areas of New
England and the Lake States, as well
as that of some of the Southern States,
shows that it is easily possible to practi-
cally destroy forest resources throughALMANAC.
steady lumber production without refor-
estation measures.
Wealth contributed by the forests of
Texas has been inestimable. Not only
has it meant much" in gross receipts, but
by furnishing the State with a lumber
supply without an added cost to cover a
long freight haul, it has greatly facili-
tated the development of the State. Should
the forest resources of Texas be ex-
hausted, it is estimated that millions of
dollars would be added to the freight
costs of lumber consumed in Texas build-
ing operations annually.
First State recognition of a forest con-
servation problem came in 1915 with the
creation of a State Forestry Department.
In 1923 the Thirty-Eighth Legislature ap-
propriated money for the purchase of
about 4,000 acres of land to be used in ex-
perimental work under the direction of
the State Forester. Tracts are located
near Kirbyville in Jasper County and
Keltys in Angelina County.- A portion of
the more heavily forested area of Texas
has a fire patrol through the co-operation
of the State and Federal Governments
and the land owners.
Report of Forestry Committee.
In addition to the efforts of the State
Forester the Texas Forestry Association
has been instrumental in arousing interest
in need of forestry conservatiDn. At the
suggestion of those interested, there was
appointed by the Governor, pursuant to a
resolution adopted by the Thirty-Eighth
Legislature, a committee to make rec-
ommendations as to needed steps toward
a constructive State forestry policy. This
committee was composed of Senator I. D.
Fairchild, chairman, Lufkin; Senator E. E.
Witt, Waco; F. H. Burmeister, Christine;
Gary B. Sanford, Garrison; W. Goodrich
Jones, Waco; R. W. Weir, Houston; Leon-
ard Tillotson, Sealy; R. A. Gilliam, Dal-
las; F. H. Farwell, Orange; Mrs. Ben F.
Boydstun, Greenville, and W. L. Dean,
Huntsville. Its recommendations were
summarized in the following:
"1. While appreciative of the co-opera-
tion of the Federal Government in con-
serving- our timber resources and en-
couraging practical reforestation of our
deforested lands, we-firmly believe that
the constructive and judicious basis of
co-operation between the Nation and the
State in forest protection and reproduc-
tion should be that which will leave the
control of such co-operative operations to
the State, and which will leave the own-
ership of all lands dedicated to reforesta-
tion to the State and its citizens.
"2. We believe that, as a general prop-
osition, the State should undertake to per-
form for its citizens only those things
which the people can not equally well do
for themselves. However, the State
should as soon as possible acquire such
number of State forest areas, each of suf-
ficient size to permit of economical pro-
tection and administration, as would an-
swer the purpose of practical demonstra-
tion in forest renewal and management.
Such demonstration forest farms or areas
might very profitably embrace as much
as 100,000 acres distributed as to character
of timber growth. For this purpose the
Legislature now possesses the necessary
authority to make appropriations from
the general revenues and if the acquisi-
tion is spread over a period of three to
four years the sums called for would not
be sufficiently large to necessitate an in-
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