Brookings Public Library

In order to make this survey as comprehensive as possible, I have included fourteen southern states with the District of Columbia; making a land area of 6o5,ooo,ooo acres and supporting a population in I92O of more than 36,ooo,ooo people.Of this area, about 384,o0o,0oo acres is classed as farm lands, although slightly less than half is improved farms.Only IO9,OOO,OOO acres is farm woodlands, while the balance is divided among many uses associated with farming.Of an original forest area in the South of 300,0o0,o0o acres, we estimate that there remains about I78,ooo,ooo acres now classed as forest area.But of course this is not all productive at present, rather it can be kept under forest growth if so desired, and under present conditions is neither suitable nor required for any other purpose.A sketchy classification of this area would be: virgin timber, 3o,