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Show FORESTS OF AMERICA MUST BE CONSERVED Washington, Dec. 12. That tho . United States should introduce ratlen-j ratlen-j al forest management and that the forest land iould be surveyed and I classified by the government, is the , opinion oi Raphael Zon. chief of the office of s Ivies, of the forest service, after reviewing the forest resources of the world Though the prrpont wooded land in I the Unite, 1 States Is estimated at .1-1 .1.-1 .1.-1 (ino.ofin acres, much of this is inevlt- ably destined to bp cleared for agriculture agri-culture The an-a so situated as lo be permanent forest bind Is about l.ln.-000.000 l.ln.-000.000 acres, of which 1 00.noii,0i)0 will I consist of farm wood lots. In the inevitable Increase in wood consumption, consump-tion, following increase In population and growth of industries, will thus have to be supplied fiom a diminished forefit area. "Therefore," says Mr. Zon, ''the" only solution of th problem of a j wood supply Is to begin now to pre-! pre-! pare for making a diminished forest . area supply for Increased population." In forest area, Ihe United Slateg Is i second io Russia. European and Asia-tie. Asia-tie. Canada ranks third. The forests of the United States, according lo ownership, racy be divided as follows: National forests, 100,000,000 acres of productive forest area, or 1S.33 per cent; state forests, .T7,00.Oiiii or C,.'j and private and unreserved public forests (unclassified), 4 42,000,00") acres, or SI 1 per cent. |