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South, facilitate tlie use of lumber from Southern States rather 

 than material shipped from the far western part of the State. 

 Virginia sawmills probably secured better markets for their rough 

 lumber in Northern States than at home, while manufacturers 

 on the other hand purchased more advantageously from sawmills 

 farther south. 



"Virginia is divided naturally into three-well-recognized re- 

 gions, according to the characteristic growth of the timber and 

 to soil and surface conditions. They are the Tidewater Region, 

 the Piedmont Region and the Mountain Region. The Tide- 

 water Region is the noted pine section of Virginia, where the 

 first exploitation of the forest began, and from where the largest 

 portion of the lumber credited to Virginia has always been manu- 

 factured. Loblolly and shortleaf extensively, and scrub and long- 

 leaf pines in infrequent stands, are native to this part of the 

 State. On the lower lands mixed with the pine are gums, water 

 oak, hickory, and in the swamp and inundated areas, willows, 

 cypress and Southern white cedar (juniper) grow. The Pied- 

 mont Region presents frequent areas of shortleaf standing on the 

 old fields, and in the northern part of this section the scrub pine 

 (Piniis znrgimana) prevails. Red cedar, oaks, yellow poplar, 

 chestnut, ashes, and hickories and other miscellaneous hardwoods 

 abound. This region is the principal farming center and the 

 tree stands are confined entirely to farm forests. The Moun- 

 tain region is mainly a hardwood section and furnishes a large 

 part of the virgin growths still standing in Virginia. The white 

 pine stands belong to this region of the State, but scrub pine 

 is scattered throughout the hardwoods. Red spruce, extending 

 its range from West Virginia, is cut in large quantities in several 

 localities of this region." 



S. J. R. 



Wood-using Industries of Minnesota. By Hu Maxwell and 

 J. T. Harris. Includes a brief discussion of The Timber Re- 

 sources of Minnesota, by Wm. T. Cox. Published by Minnesota 

 State Board of Forestry, St. Paul, Minn. 1913. Pp. 87. 



The study upon which this report is based was made by the 

 U. S. Forest Service in co-operation with the Minnesota Forest 

 Service in the Spring of 1912 and covered the calendar year 191 1. 



