The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
Wood Lot Owners should have one of
these books.


the press and now ready for public dis
tributiOn.
The Forests Of Maryland, jus
published by the Board of Forestry
sums up all available data relative tt
the forest resources of the State, anC
as such we feel it should be in the
hands of the progressive woodland
owners of every section of the State
The book should be of especial value
and particular interest to schools anc
libraries throughout Maryland, for 1t
contains much of timely interest and
present day Importance.
1t is the purpose of the report, 1.-The
Forests OF Maryland'', to show in con-
densed form and orderly manner our
present forest resources, their value to
the people of the State, and how these re-
sources may best be conserved by wise
use, not only to supply present needs,
bat to anticipate the needs of the future.
The methods used in making the neces-
sary Forest Survey, with material Sc
cured and manner of its presentation.
have all been developed along original
lines TO supply as far as practicable in
formation likely to be of greatest value
to the various users of the forest The
each county, show the character and
extent of forest areas, with the ap-
proXimate stand of timber in every
county of Maryland.
The forest owner, whether he has
but a ten-acre woodlot or possesses
; thousands of acres of forest land, wants
to know how to handle his land for tim
Der production, what products are the
most valuable and how he can best pro-
tect, harvest, and market his timber
crop The timber buyer wants to know
where he can find timber of suitable
kind advantageously located. An ex-
animation of the various county forest
maps will show him where the wood
lands are located, their kinds, and
stand of timber. The wood user or
wants to know of sources
of supply to hell maintain his business
or industry. Here again the forest
maps, supplemented by the summary
Of timber products for each county,
should serve to indicate local produc
tion. For the statistician and student
of economy much will be found of
value.
All these should find in this Report
upon the Forests of Maryland, with its
supplement of county maps and county
timber data, location of woodlands.
their kinds, amounts, and range of for
est products, an answer to their ques-
tions, assistance in the solution of local
forest problems, and an incentive to a
study of the forests. In their value of
natural products the forest resources OF
Maryland rank second only to agricul-
ture. 1t is intended that this Report
should be a hand book of Maryland's
forests, supplying information which
has heretofore been inaccessible regard
ing these great natural resources of the
State.
The book is effectively illustrated,
the maps being done in colors. Fores
try and Agriculture are co-workers.
Supplies of food and fuel are assuming
greater Importance daily, and any in
as to how they may be con-
served and increased should be a timely
to rural reading matter.
Upon application to the Board of For
estry. 532 NJ Howard ST., Baltimore,
the book will be sent without charge to
owners of woodland and those in Mary
land really interested in the forests and
forestry of the State.
The book contains the following in
formation about Prince Georges Coun-
ty:
Prince Georges County lies in two
divisions, which give it
a somewhat varied topography. The
highest elevations, about 400 feet
above sea level, occur in the northern
part, extending southwark at a de-
creasing height through the central
portion of the county to form the
divide between the PatuXent on the
east and the Potomac on the west,
where tidewater is reached. Fully five
sixths of the county lies within the So
called Coastal Plain, but as its surface
is made up almost entirely of a sue
cession of low hills and narrow valleys,
there is little resemblance here to the
Coastal Plain section east of the Ches
apeake. Along the lower Patuxent
River and a few of the tidal creeks
tributary to the Potomac are to be
found narrow strips of fresh water
marshes. Drainage on the whole is
excellent, and conditions generally con-
ducive to forest growth of both good
volume and high quality. The soils
vary from light sand to stiff clay, but
for the most part they are sandy loans
almost equally adapted to forest or
farm, except on the sleeper slopes,
where forest cover is necessary for
keeping the loose soils intact.
The county's present wooded area
amounts to Al per cent, although its
earliest history shows an area well
covered with forest. The section along
the Patuxent River was known at the
time of its settlement as 1.-The Forests
of Prince George" but since it was
the first to be settled it has now the
smallest percentage of forest land of
any part of the county. Throughout
the county the hardwoods were early
exploited, being in good demand for
saw timber, later for railroad ties,
piling, and poles, 80 that they have
now been repeatedly culled, leaving in
the original forests open places which
have been reseeded by the scrub pine.
The first forests were almost universal
ly of the mixed hardwood type, but the
Drocaru Of natural aoriouItural da,,oIOp