Southern good roads . Section of Macadam Road Between Blueheld and , West \ iigmia 14 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS April, 1911 cost of hauling forest products over the roads of oneof North Carolinas mountain counties-. Last year it cost the people of iMitchell county ap-proximately $130,000 for just the hauling of their for-est products to the railroad. AVith good roads, thereis no doubt that this cost might have been cut in same county has a forest area of iipwards of 175,-000 acres. If this area were protected from fire, andlumber conservatively cut. the present large t)utputcould
Southern good roads . Section of Macadam Road Between Blueheld and , West \ iigmia 14 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS April, 1911 cost of hauling forest products over the roads of oneof North Carolinas mountain counties-. Last year it cost the people of iMitchell county ap-proximately $130,000 for just the hauling of their for-est products to the railroad. AVith good roads, thereis no doubt that this cost might have been cut in same county has a forest area of iipwards of 175,-000 acres. If this area were protected from fire, andlumber conservatively cut. the present large t)utputcould be indefuiitely maiutaiued. so that an annualsaving- of $65,000 to the people of this county c nild besecured as long as the good roads should last. This is not an exceptional case, and the illustrationis just as applicable to many eonuties of Carolina. Georgia and Metal Signs Like tiie Above Should be at Crossing: of All Public Highways as Well as at Other Places Along- the Road to Keep the Traveler on the Rig-ht Track. The lumber industry is undoubtedly interested inthe future supply of timber, although many of the in-dividual lumber companies pay little or no attention tothis. The forest area of North Carolina amounts tomore than 10,000,000 acres, a very large portion ofwhich is steep, rough, or poor land, which is not suit-able for agricultural purposes, and for many reasonsit is very essential that these areas should be kept inforest. The importance of the forests in North Caro-lina is strikingly shown by the fact that the forestsand the industries dependent upon them produce ma-terial amounting in value to more than $35,000,000 ayear, and give employment to men. The fur-niture in the state is absolutely dependent up-on a permanent supply of hardwood; the tanning in- dustry is dependent upon a constant of tann
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