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HARDWOOD RECORD 



March 10, 1919 



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Oak 



Ked gum 



Cottonwood . . . . 

 Cypress 



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15-1,822,000 



143,542,000 



43,283,000 



. . 29,795,000 



Yellow poplar 15,939,000 



While it is generally known that Mississippi is 

 a big hardwood state, the importance of the Mis- 

 sissippi product is seldom definitely considered, as 

 usually it passes through other gateways where 

 mingling with woods from other regions it loses 

 its individual identity. 



Mississippi s u p- 

 plies more than 9 

 per cent of the 

 wood used by facto- 

 ries in Illinois. This 

 is a striking indica- 

 tion of the impor- 

 tance of the Missis- 

 sippi product, as Il- 

 linois is the biggest 

 wood consuming 

 state in the Union. The annual hardwood cut or 

 Mississippi is as follows: 



Hickory 8.433.000 



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Elm 4,646,000 



Tupelo 1.877,000 



Maple 847,000 



Indicating the 

 quality of Missis- 

 sippi timber the 

 southern red oak 

 reaches its best de- 

 velopment in that 

 state and the same 

 can be said of 

 forked leaf white 

 oak. Famous au- 

 thorities pronounce 

 the yciiow oak in the Yazoo Delta of Mississippi 

 as unsurpassed by yellow oak from any part of 









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