. American forestry. Forests and forestry. STATE FOREST PROBLEMS TX MAinLAXD 447. GOOD SPECIMENS OK I'ORI'.ST (,RO\VN WHITE OAKS, KENT COUNTY. and for the years 1913 and 1914 the sum of $84,500 becomes available. It should be added that $58,500 of the last biennial appropriation is for the purchase of lands, leaving $26,000 for maintenance and publications. State work is necessarily of an ex- tensive character, rather than inten- sive. The position of Maryland is per- haps unique in the great variety of natural conditions that exist within her borders. From the extreme southeast- ern to the ex
. American forestry. Forests and forestry. STATE FOREST PROBLEMS TX MAinLAXD 447. GOOD SPECIMENS OK I'ORI'.ST (,RO\VN WHITE OAKS, KENT COUNTY. and for the years 1913 and 1914 the sum of $84,500 becomes available. It should be added that $58,500 of the last biennial appropriation is for the purchase of lands, leaving $26,000 for maintenance and publications. State work is necessarily of an ex- tensive character, rather than inten- sive. The position of Maryland is per- haps unique in the great variety of natural conditions that exist within her borders. From the extreme southeast- ern to the extreme northwestern cor- ners of the State is practically 265 miles in a straight line and between these two extremities are found as great a vari- ety of soil conditions, tree species, and forest types, as can probably be found in any state. This gives a diversity of conditions that is not usually found elsewhere. In the extreme southeast- ern part of the State are pure stands of red gum, cypress and loblolly pine, such as are common to the south ; while in the extreme western part, in the mountain region, the white pine, tama- rack, hemlock, spruce, yellow birch, sugar maple and other trees of the northern type are found. Between these extremes is a variety of hard- woods that would be difficult to dupli- cate in any other equal area in the United States. Likewise this field pre- sents nearly every form and degree of forestry from the worst kind of mis- management to the most intensive form. In the central part of the State where the best agricultural soils are found, the woodlands are confined, as a rule to relatively small woodlots, re- ceiving in most cases fairly intense for- est management under the selection system. In the southeastern part of the State, where pure stands of lob- lolly pine are found, the form of man- agement approaches the clear cutting svstem. Southcrti Maryland is a sec- tion in which large areas, that were formerly cultivated, prior to the Civil War,
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