. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 51-55. Forests and forestry. SUMVIAKY v^. [\) l*«im>\ Iviiiiia iias upward ol" lour million acres (hat arc nu\ |Maclicall\ idle, or alxMil onoscvciilli ol" tlic whole Slalc area. iW this. o\cr iNNo uiillion acr«\s are idle cleared larni laml. [2) I his idle land, coupled uilh poor land now larnied al a Jo>-. is causing a rapid irn'rease oi tax delin((uenc\ and tax sale "Jdle lands pay no taxes.*' III (6 («j 9 I I Kh III! I2i lit liricullure is over-< level (' niai ket can a hsorl ope( I. w e i;runiplio
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 51-55. Forests and forestry. SUMVIAKY v^. [\) l*«im>\ Iviiiiia iias upward ol" lour million acres (hat arc nu\ |Maclicall\ idle, or alxMil onoscvciilli ol" tlic whole Slalc area. iW this. o\cr iNNo uiillion acr«\s are idle cleared larni laml. [2) I his idle land, coupled uilh poor land now larnied al a Jo>-. is causing a rapid irn'rease oi tax delin((uenc\ and tax sale "Jdle lands pay no taxes.*' III (6 («j 9 I I Kh III! I2i lit liricullure is over-< level (' niai ket can a hsorl ope( I. w e i;runiplion still outruns forest «;roulli hv over [(I per «enl in the I nited States. In Pennsylvania ah)ne we «j;row less than 16 per cent of <»ur luniher umhI. We import I'rom other secti(»ns ahout S 10(1.()()().()()() worth c^l' I'orest pro<lu. (3) lii'forrslina: I'diiisyhanias idle land is a srlf-li(/nid(Hinii fnihlir uorli. It is the dut> o{ the State to assume the lea«lership in relorestinji; this idle land. I\\ent\-live lhou>and acres slnudd he and If).()()() acres planted to I'orest trees durii liT ll le nex t I (icnnium. I n •UCCCCJ lin«i I iiennium? tl hould he douhled. as plantin«i slock would then I IIS iirojxrani M' aval lahi« I (iountie- and muni<ipalilies should he enlore>tati(»n ol" idle land. io tlii- I re 11 hould he added lor comity and munici|)al aid orestati(»n ]>rojects. // h'<tsl half o/ //le t-xpcndiliirc. and possibly liro-lliirds Idc- /n'ndiii^ nil I ho <<ksI of lands), uintld ^sent land purchase. this poli<-y would in years to come sup|)ort some of our |)rcs- cnt industries, and ultimately hrin«i hack some that we liavc lost. \\ iih a small initial investim'iit of not over S12 per a<r< and an annual cost of 20c. per acre, a capital value of SlOO t 8:^00 per acre would he huilt up—a satisfactory return to th< Slate even wilh a compound interest re(|uirement. I'ranee ha^ refores
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