. American forestry. Forests and forestry. FORESTRN IX FORMOSA 491. TYPE OF THli IIKAD IIL'NTKRS FREQUENTING THE MOUN- TAINS OF FORMOSA AND AGAINST WHOM THE JAPANESE FORESTERS HAVE TO CONTEND. elevation of 7,000 feet and using mod- ern methods for cutting and transport- ing the timber. We do not hesitate to declare that this forest produces such trees that both in shape and quality they will hardly find a rival. Besides these we have lumbering on a small scale in many other places, in case of fuel trees for the sugar fac- tories and some other kinds of hard- woods for cabinet work, of which th
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. FORESTRN IX FORMOSA 491. TYPE OF THli IIKAD IIL'NTKRS FREQUENTING THE MOUN- TAINS OF FORMOSA AND AGAINST WHOM THE JAPANESE FORESTERS HAVE TO CONTEND. elevation of 7,000 feet and using mod- ern methods for cutting and transport- ing the timber. We do not hesitate to declare that this forest produces such trees that both in shape and quality they will hardly find a rival. Besides these we have lumbering on a small scale in many other places, in case of fuel trees for the sugar fac- tories and some other kinds of hard- woods for cabinet work, of which the most important trees are: Liboccdnis, Diospyros, Biochofia, Pistacia, etc. One thing which I ought not to omit to mention here is the pulp making from bamboos. We have a great deal of bamboo stand in the central part of the island, and recently a large pulp mill has been established for that purpose. This will, I think, be the very first bam- boo pulp mill in the world. While the economic importance of the natural forest is being increased by their exploitation, it is important at the same time that secondary forest should take their place. The necessity, there- fore, of the utilization for this purpose of mountain districts which were left to run wild in the administrative sec- tion of the preservation of the camphor forests, of planting trees in the most needed places as a preventive measure against flying sand, and in order also to maintain tlie purity of the mountain heads, caused the Government to take over large areas of land for the pur-. 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 American Forestry Association. Washington, D. C. : American Forestry Association
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