. Better forests for Connecticut. Forests and forestry. BETTER FORESTS FOR CONNECTICUT. 135 If the United States must ultimately depend for timber on cur- rent growth rather than on the accumulated growth of centuries (virgin timber) the aim should be to divide up the country into several units, each practically self supporting with regard to timber. The result of such a division would be to lower trans- portation costs and stabilize prices. New England should form such a unit. There is enough non-agricultural land within its borders to produce timber in sufficient amounts and of suitable kind
. Better forests for Connecticut. Forests and forestry. BETTER FORESTS FOR CONNECTICUT. 135 If the United States must ultimately depend for timber on cur- rent growth rather than on the accumulated growth of centuries (virgin timber) the aim should be to divide up the country into several units, each practically self supporting with regard to timber. The result of such a division would be to lower trans- portation costs and stabilize prices. New England should form such a unit. There is enough non-agricultural land within its borders to produce timber in sufficient amounts and of suitable kinds for its industries. Northern New England is a forest Conifers Increase the Yield on Hardwood Land. It can produce much more timber than is needed locally and will probably always have a surplus to export to other districts. Its products are chiefly soft wood. Southern New England is an industrial region and consequently a big market for forest products. It has enough non-agricultural land to produce a quantity of lumber sufficient for its needs but it cannot grow all the kinds required. It must therefore import lumber but to offset this it should have an equal quantity to export in order to preserve the balance. Connecticut is a part of southern New England and the re- mainder of this report will be devoted to its forest problems, with suggestions for the improvement of the forests, particularly the farmers' Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hicock, Henry W. (Henry Walter), b. 1891. [New Haven] : Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
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