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UNITED STATES

The receipts from the several sources for the last three fiscal years were as follows : —

Fiscal Year

Timber

Grazing j Special Uses, bo.

All sources

1918 1919 1920

Dollars 1,633,649 1,540,100 2,067,395

Dollars 1,725,822 2,609,170 2,486,040

Dollars 215,459 209,145 240,046

Dollars

3,574,930 4,358,414 4,793,482

Under the law 25 per cent, of the receipts is paid to the States in which the national forests are located, to be expended for roads and schools. This is in addition to the 10 per cent, of the receipts already mentioned as available for improvements, which is expended under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture for road and trail building in national forests in co-operation with State authorities or otherwise.

The grazing receipts for 1920 were paid by the holders of 31,301 permits to graze 2,035,432 cattle, 83,234 horses, and 4,066 swine, and of 6,178 permits to graze 7,280,584 sheep and 53,685 goats.

The following table shows, by States, the total cut of timber from the national forests in the fiscal year 1920 :

State

Cut under Sale

Cut under Free Use

Total

Board Feet

Board Feet

Board Feet

California

145,402,000

5,238,000

150,640,000

Oregon . .

121,242,000

7,515,000

128,757,000

Idaho .

82,219,000

14,455,000

96,674,000

Washington .

79,479,000

1,026,000

80,505,000

Montana

60,663,000

8,151,000

68,814,000

Colorado

50,425,000

9,783,000

60,20s, 000

Arizona

53,334,000

6,418,000

69,752,1)00

Alaska .

45,403,(00

4,897,000

50, 300,000

New Mexico

35,332,000

8,859,000

•14,191,000

Wyoming

34,347,000

6,264.000

•10,611,000

South Dakota

22,836,000

2,963,000

".',000

Utah .

12,400,000

8,653,000

20,953.000

Arkansas

18,249,000

61,000

18,310,000

Minnesota

13,045,000

160,000

13,205,000

Tennessee

8,235,000

1,027,000

9,262,000

North Carolina

8,470,000

17,000

8,487,000

Virginia

5,356,000

148,000

5,503,000

New Hampshire

3,587.000

3,537.000

Nevada

1,583.000

1,777,000

3,860,000

Georgia

2.911,000

10,000

2,921,000

Florida

882,000

330,0;»0

J, 162, 000

Michigan

654,000

216,000

870,000

Oklahoma

180,000

180,000

West Virginia

52,000

8,000

60,000

Alabama .

4,000

1,000

6,000

Nebraska

3,000

3,000

Total (1910) ....

805,509,(Mli)

88,060,000

Total (1919) .

705,758,(100

90,798,000

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III. Mining. The following are the statistics of the metallic products of the United States in 1918 and 1919 (long tons, 2,240 lbs. ; short tons, 2,000 lbs.).