=========================================================================== | Acreage | Acreage | Acreage in | Total | Per cent. COUNTY. |merchantable| logged |cultivation.| acreage. | suitable for | timber. | off. | | | agriculture. -----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------- Chehalis | 583,200 | 112,748 | 11,216 | 807,432 | 90 Clallam | 296,611 | 195,933 | 11,784 | 504,329 | 75 Clarke | 190,000 | 108,661 | 51,570 | 350,231 | Cowlitz | 500,000 | 25,000 | 20,000 | 704,000 | 75 Island | 8,013 | 99,866 | 9,317 | 117,196 | 75 Jefferson | 186,647 | 59,427 | 4,657 | 254,385 | 50 King | 640,000 | 110,000 | 74,857 | 1,243,000 | Kitsap | 45,429 | 171,364 | 7,978 | 224,771 | Lewis | 543,995 | 160,425 | 47,059 | 884,050 | 65 Mason | 240,211 | 150,430 | 7,540 | 398,181 | Pacific | 367,827 | 62,720 | 23,042 | 453,139 | Pierce | 413,044 | 150,000 | 27,915 | 658,052 | 75 San Juan | 10,000 | 80,000 | 4,000 | 95,684 | Skagit | 306,759 | 149,923 | 45,605 | 502,287 | 25 Snohomish | 258,005 | 270,422 | 20,908 | 558,336 | Thurston | 291,200 | 120,000 | 13,680 | 428,005 | Wahkiakum | 74,564 | 67,337 | 3,642 | 145,544 | 50 Whatcom | 78,405 | 258,302 | 35,059 | 371,766 | -----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------- Total | 5,033,911 | 2,352,109 | 428,829 | 8,700,388 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- There are a great many acres of these lands that can be slicked up and burned over and prepared for seeding, not disturbing the stumps, at an expense of about $10 per acre. Thus treated, good pasturage can be secured cheaply. In time some of the stumps will rot out and be easily removed. When the stumps are not too thick, the lands can be successfully prepared and planted to orchards without removing the stumps, and their unsightly appearance can be turned into a thing of beauty and great profit by planting evergreen blackberries and loganberries about them, using the stumps for trellises. These berries in the climate of western Washington are wonderfully prolific and find a greedy market. COMPENSATIONS.