. Elements of forestry. Forests and forestry. 244 ELEMENTS OF FORESTRY economic conditions will only be reached after years of trial. Future Use of Land. — The total area of the United States is 3,026,789 square miles or, approximately, 1,900,000,000 acres. Of this, about 550,000,000 acres are now covered with forest (65 per cent of the original forest area*), and 415,000,000 acres are devoted to Fig. 46. Forest Fire Burning in the Debris of a Previous Fire. Unless the fire-killed timber can be sold and removed within a short time, it is not only a total loss financially, but may
. Elements of forestry. Forests and forestry. 244 ELEMENTS OF FORESTRY economic conditions will only be reached after years of trial. Future Use of Land. — The total area of the United States is 3,026,789 square miles or, approximately, 1,900,000,000 acres. Of this, about 550,000,000 acres are now covered with forest (65 per cent of the original forest area*), and 415,000,000 acres are devoted to Fig. 46. Forest Fire Burning in the Debris of a Previous Fire. Unless the fire-killed timber can be sold and removed within a short time, it is not only a total loss financially, but may feed a second fire of even greater severity. Within the next fifty years, the land, suitable for growing forests, will decrease to about 360,000,000 acres, or less than twenty per cent of the area of the United States. About 90,000,000 acres will be held as farm woodlots, bringing the total area devoted to timber production up to 450,000,000 acres. Of this acreage, 6^, per cent will be in the West and 37 per cent in the East, and from this diminished area, it will be necessary to supply the timber needs of a population, conser- * See Appendix for 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 Moon, Frederick Franklin, 1880-1929; Brown, Nelson Courtlandt, 1885-. New York J. Wiley
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