Excerpt from The Forest-Land Owners of West VirginiaThe data presented here are based on a sample of forest-land owners. The results of this sample have been statistically expanded to estimate the total population of owners of privately held forest land and the acreage they own. To fully under stand how estimates were made, the user of these data is advised to read the discussion of study methods and sampling errors in the Appendix.For the resurvey of the forest resources of West Virginia, data were developed for four geographic sampling units: (1) National Forest Land, (2) the Northeastern Unit, (3) the Southern Unit, and (4) the Northwestern Unit. Because the entire Nation al Forest Unit is in public ownership, it was ex cluded from this report (fig. I).About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.