Pamphlets on Forestry, Volume 91900 |
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Page 353
... production of a second crop . Although there is still enough wood to fill the wants of the settlers , the cost of obtain- ing it is constantly increasing with the growing distance between the supply and the market . Around the towns and ...
... production of a second crop . Although there is still enough wood to fill the wants of the settlers , the cost of obtain- ing it is constantly increasing with the growing distance between the supply and the market . Around the towns and ...
Page 366
... produce annually about 3,000 cords of firewood , with a steady and marked improvement in the general condition of the forest .. It is often urged by the farmers that these careful cuttings would cost more than would be brought by the ...
... produce annually about 3,000 cords of firewood , with a steady and marked improvement in the general condition of the forest .. It is often urged by the farmers that these careful cuttings would cost more than would be brought by the ...
Page 367
... produce no more than pays the cost of logging . ( 2 ) So direct the cuttings that the reproduction of the timber trees may be encouraged in opposition to that of the less valuable kinds . This can not be successfully accomplished in the ...
... produce no more than pays the cost of logging . ( 2 ) So direct the cuttings that the reproduction of the timber trees may be encouraged in opposition to that of the less valuable kinds . This can not be successfully accomplished in the ...
Page 368
... production of repeated crops of merchantable timber is here advisable , not only on account of the price this timber commands at present , but because it is rapidly increasing in value for the lack of satisfactory substitutes , notably ...
... production of repeated crops of merchantable timber is here advisable , not only on account of the price this timber commands at present , but because it is rapidly increasing in value for the lack of satisfactory substitutes , notably ...
Page 11
... production . Even as late as 1899 , the States of Ohio , Illinois , and Indiana produced 25 per cent of the hardwood . In 1906 , they produced only 14 per cent ; both the States of Ohio and Indiana fell off over 50 per cent . They have ...
... production . Even as late as 1899 , the States of Ohio , Illinois , and Indiana produced 25 per cent of the hardwood . In 1906 , they produced only 14 per cent ; both the States of Ohio and Indiana fell off over 50 per cent . They have ...
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acres agricultural amount Appalachian Mountains average Black Hills boundary Cascade Cascade Range cent clear trunk Commission Congress corner of section corner of township covered Douglas fir east eastern slope Engelmann spruce entry floods flow forest fires forest lands forest reserves forestry Government grazing GROVER CLEVELAND growth important increase Interior irrigation Lake length of clear line between ranges lodge-pole pine miles millions mineral mining Mount Hood national forest national park navigable northeast owners portion precipitation present President Priest River protection public domain public lands purposes railroad rainfall recommended red fir region regulations River Secretary seedlings settlement settlers sheep soil southeast corner Southern Appalachians spruce square miles streams supply thence easterly thence northerly timber timber lands tion tract trees United unsurveyed range line valleys valuable Washington watersheds westerly western White Mountains white pine wood yellow pine
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Page 25 - Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States land office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law. and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired: Provided, That this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman.
Page 4 - ... by the Secretary of the Treasury to the State in which such national forest is situated, to be expended as the State legislature may prescribe for the benefit of the public schools and public roads of the county or counties in which such national forest is situated : Provided, That when any national forest is in more than one State or county the distributive share to each from the proceeds of such forest shall be proportional to its area therein...
Page 13 - An act to repeal timberculture laws, and for other purposes," "that the President of the United States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or Territory having public land bearing forests, in any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations, and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof...
Page 68 - An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with the United States for the protection of the watersheds of navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable rivers...
Page 30 - Provided, that this exception shall not continue to apply to any particular tract of land unless the entryman, settler or claimant continues to comply with the law under which the entry, filing or settlement was made.
Page 15 - States, by virtue of the power in me vested by section 24 of the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there is hereby reserved from entry or settlement and set apart as a public reservation all those certain tracts, pieces, or parcels of land lying and being situate in the State of...
Page 42 - Such public park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders within the park, and their retention in their natural condition.
Page 139 - ... conviction, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Page 29 - And whereas the public lands in the State of California, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation; Now, therefore, I...
Page 20 - President shall; by public proclamation, declare the establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof " ; and Whereas the public lands in the State of Utah, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation ; Now, therefore, I...