. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. 68 A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. the forests, that the owners can not afford to pay them and hold their hinds. Consequently they are forced to cut or sell their timber in haste and with- out regard to the future. When the timber is gone the owners refuse to pay taxes any longer, and the devastated lands revert to the State. Many thou- sand square miles of forest have been ruined by reck-. FiG. 63.—A burnt forest in the Priest Kiver Forest Reserve, Idaho. less lumbering because heavy taxes forced the owners to realize quickly and once for all upon thei
. Bulletin. Forests and forestry -- United States. 68 A PRIMER OF FORESTRY. the forests, that the owners can not afford to pay them and hold their hinds. Consequently they are forced to cut or sell their timber in haste and with- out regard to the future. When the timber is gone the owners refuse to pay taxes any longer, and the devastated lands revert to the State. Many thou- sand square miles of forest have been ruined by reck-. FiG. 63.—A burnt forest in the Priest Kiver Forest Reserve, Idaho. less lumbering because heavy taxes forced the owners to realize quickly and once for all upon their forest land, instead of cutting it in a way to insure valuable future crops. For the same reason many counties are now poor that might, with reasonable taxation of timber laud, have been flourishing and rich. A short description of destructive lumbering will be. 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 United States. Division of Forestry. Washington : G. P. O.
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