. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 29. Swamp and Bayou Scene. Tupelo and Cypress Savamp Beaumont. Fig. 30. Palmetto and Oak Growtti on the East Fork of SanJacinto River, Ten Miles East of New Caney, MontgomeryCounty 53 54 THE GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS The best development of the species within the state,however, is to the west and south of the long-leaf area. That these mag-nificent forests willsoon be numberedwith the thingsof the past seemsprobable. Accord-ing to Dr. WilliamL. Bray, the long-leaf pine of Texasis being cut at therate of some threequarters of a bil-lion feet of lu
. The geography of Texas, physical and political. Fig. 29. Swamp and Bayou Scene. Tupelo and Cypress Savamp Beaumont. Fig. 30. Palmetto and Oak Growtti on the East Fork of SanJacinto River, Ten Miles East of New Caney, MontgomeryCounty 53 54 THE GEOGRAPHY OF TEXAS The best development of the species within the state,however, is to the west and south of the long-leaf area. That these mag-nificent forests willsoon be numberedwith the thingsof the past seemsprobable. Accord-ing to Dr. WilliamL. Bray, the long-leaf pine of Texasis being cut at therate of some threequarters of a bil-lion feet of lumbereach year. At thisrate he thinks ita reasonable esti-mate that the vir-gin pine may holdout twenty yearslonger. And hefurther calls at-tention to the factthat with the pre-vailing systemsof logging theforest grounds are so stripped and exposed to fire thatno future stand can be counted It would seem the 1 See Forest Resources of Texas, by William L. Bray. UnitedStates Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry, Bulletin No. 47,p. 23. Washington, 1904.
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