. Textbook of botany. Botany. FORESTRY AND FOREST MANAGEMENT 3SI tant step in this direction. Tree cutting is being so planned that the more mature timber may be cut each year and re- newed by the growth of the uncut trees. When this is prop- erly done, the same amount of timber may be cut each year and thus a definite supply can be permanently relied upon. Some states have endeavored to encourage this sort of con-. FiG. 199. — A well-managed forest; brush pfled to prevent fire. servative lumbering by regulating the taxes on timber lands according to the proportion of trees cut. 365. Forest Re
. Textbook of botany. Botany. FORESTRY AND FOREST MANAGEMENT 3SI tant step in this direction. Tree cutting is being so planned that the more mature timber may be cut each year and re- newed by the growth of the uncut trees. When this is prop- erly done, the same amount of timber may be cut each year and thus a definite supply can be permanently relied upon. Some states have endeavored to encourage this sort of con-. FiG. 199. — A well-managed forest; brush pfled to prevent fire. servative lumbering by regulating the taxes on timber lands according to the proportion of trees cut. 365. Forest Regions of the United States. — The northern forests include those of the New England states, New York, the portions of other states covered by the Allegheny Moun- tains, and the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. This region has been until recently the home of the pine industry. The forests of northern New York and Maine are still an important source of spruce for paper pulp, although large amounts of pulp wood are now imported into the. 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 Allen, Charles E. (Charles Elmer), b. 1872; Gilbert, Edward Martinius, joint author. Boston, New York [etc. ] D. C. Heath & co
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