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To the statement for spruce, at least 1000 million feet must be 

 added for wood pulp, and for other species contributing to the 

 same industry, 300 million ; the cut on farms, which is placed at 

 nearly no million dollars in value, in part log and bolt size ma- 

 terial, not brought to mill, will have to be considered, probably, 

 for the most part, in the hardwood cut. 



The hardwoods, to be sure, furnish the bulk of the fuel-wood, 

 and when it comes to a mere statement of wood volume, represent, 

 probably, the larger requirement of the total consumption, at least 

 in the United States. Nevertheless, in the arts and industries, 

 the softwoods are the important. These are to be found in 

 quantity QvAy in the north temperate zone, precisely that part of 

 the world where the wood consuming civilization is most highly 

 developed. The southern countries produce mainly the highly 

 ornamental but exceedingly hard woods, which are only of limited 

 application, hence relatively less important. 



The densely populated, highly developed European countries 

 satisfy their requirements in excess of home production from the 

 less developed, thinly populated countries to the north and east, 

 Russia, Norway, Sweden. Austria-Hungary, as well as from 

 Canada and the United States. 



The United States must rely upon its own resources and what- 

 ever her neighbor, Canada, can spare from its trans- Atlantic trade 

 with the mother country. 



In the next paper, it is proposed, to discuss the conditions of 

 supply to meet our requirements. 



B. E. Fernow. 



