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being a decline of 3200 lbs., over 1905 to 1910. Translated into 

 bushels, these weights represent at least 30, 31, 36, 50, 155 

 bushels respectively, generally speaking about twice the per acre 

 production of the United States. 



In spite of increased coal consumption and substitution of ce- 

 ment, ivood consumption has increased extraordinarily, for while 

 the population increased 40 per cent., the wood import (excess 

 over export, which rose only 48%) in log and lumber increased 

 150 per cent., namely to between 480 and 510 million cubic feet, 

 and, in value, including woodenware, from $43 million to around 

 $80 million. Meanwhile the export of coal rose from around 

 $20 to $80 million : the coal export paid for the wood import. 



In the earlier period, the proportion of unmanufactured round 

 wood to sawed was 3 to 2. In the latter period the round wood 

 import had increased 100 per cent., the sawed lumber by 150 

 per cent., or if railroad ties are added 170 per cent; but the 

 pulpwood import has increased 1500 per cent., namely from 2,000 

 to over I million tons. 



While the United States still furnishes only 7 per cent, of the 

 import, during the 25 years the United States export has grown 

 to nearly 8 times what it was in 1888 to 1896. Home wood 

 production has increased. A definite census of the total wood 

 production was only made in 1900, namely 



MILLION CUBIC FEET 



The total production is estimated to have since then risen 106 

 million cubic feet, to 1817 million cubic feet, or 15 per cent. This 

 added to the 510 million imported makes the total consumption 

 2327 million cubic feet, or 35 cubic feet per capita, of which 42 

 per cent., or 15 cubic feet, is workwood. 



Turning now to conditions of Prussia, the Staie forest area 

 of that State has increased by 12 per cent., or by 125,000 pro- 

 ductive acres, for which the State has paid over S18 million, se- 

 curing a part by exchange ; the funds being largely secured from 

 sale of forest on agricultural soil. This increase is largely waste 

 lands or mismanaged forest. Not less than 275,000 acres of 



