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this state above the average for the districts outside of Chicago and 

 for the nation at l^rge. 



Converted into cubic feet of wood required to yield this quantity of 

 sawed lumber, a volume of 392,277,000 cubic feet is consumed, which 

 constitutes 69.96 per cent of the total quantity of wood used for all 

 purposes in the state. An additional quantity is used amounting to 

 168,442,988 cubic feet, or 30.04 per cent, consisting of cordwood, ties, 

 mine timbers, posts, cooperage, veneers, shingles, piles, and poles. The 

 total consumption of wood for the state is 560,719,988 cubic feet, which 

 is 86.46 cubic feet per capita. To supply this quantity of wood, per- 

 petually, would require an average of about one acre of land for each 

 person in the state or 6,445,057 acres to be devoted to the intensive prac- 

 tice of forestry. Twice this area would hardly suffice to produce this 

 quantity under the present neglectful, wasteful, and injurious practices 

 of handling our woodlands. 



The total consumption of wood in the state for an average year is 

 shown in the following table. 



Although the per capita consumption of lumber on farms as shown 

 on page 51 appears to be less than for the urban population, yet farmers, 

 as ultimate consumers of wood, require a larger proportion than these 

 figures show, since they are based more upon consumption of lumber 

 by the industries than by the consumer who ultimately receives the 



Consumption of Wood in Iixinois 



* For basis of contents, see Appendix Note 1. 



