| Show tim THE TIMBER SUPPLY LY AND WASTE james little of montreal has published a pamphlet on the probable le durat duration ioia iorA of the timber supply of canada and the united states if the destruction of forests goes on at the present rate beginning with maine he limits her norest forest resources to a period from fron five to ten years her principal pin eries erles are nearly pearly all gone and many of the mills erected for the white pine pino trade are running on spruce of email dimensions the eastern and all the middle middie states except new ew york vork and pennsylvania nl are tire just juat as arf badly bt the Adirondack adirondacks a astill haye have a large jarge quantity ty of sprute left and the susquehanna va valley vailey iio in pennsylvania is rich in pine but it is estimated that a few years more will clear the good timber from both most of the southern states abound in pitch pine and cypress but have na no whit white pine which is the wood most in demand for general baluse use to the vast stretches of white pine in Mi michigan abllan ablian be he allows a life of bf only six year years and he takes the oie ole aie view of wisconsin and minnesota ohio indiana illinois and aud the prairie states and territories generally davd but little forest land and are largely dependent on michigan rand and wisconsin I 1 washington and oregon have timber to spare and distribute it along the whole western coast of north and south america in conclusion he advises a aa more liberal encouragement of the cultivation of new forests if only to avelt avert in hi part the serious consequences of tiie tile diminution of rainfalls rain falls which follows these unsparing raids aport the timber lands ex |
