FOREST CONDITIONS IN DELAWARE. 13 



To the above figures on the lumber industry should be added fig- 

 ures on the consumption of wood in the manufacture of pulp. There 

 are six pulp mills in the State which, in 1900, consumed 21,320 cords 

 of wood, mostly tulip poplar, which, calculated by board measure, 

 would amount to over 10 million feet. Probably about half of this 

 amount came from outside the State. 



UTILIZATION OF FOREST PRODUCTS. 



Delaware is a wood-importing, rather than a wood-exporting State, 

 as it consumes much more lumber than it manufactures. The high 

 prices for timber products, which have been reached recently, have 

 brought about clean and economic forest utilization, and there is now 

 very little waste material left in the woods after lumbering. 



The following is a list of uses to which timber products in Dela- 

 ware are applied : 



Saw-timber very extensive use all over the State. Species used 

 chiefly oak, poplar, chestnut, and pine. 



Cordwood very extensive all over State. All species used. 



Charcoal slight, only in southeastern part of State ; spruce pine 

 used. 



Railroad ties extensive all over State ; principally white oak, 

 chestnut, and red oak used. 



Poles extensive throughout State; chestnut used almost exclu- 

 sively ; some little cedar and spruce pine, the latter very unsuccessful. 



Pulp wood slight, in northern part of State; poplar and sweet 

 gum. 



Piles extensive in Sussex County ; mostly pine, and some oak. 



Shingles slight in Sussex County; mostly pine. 



Lath slight in Sussex County ; pine used. 



Staves slight ; pine used. 



Heading extensive in Sussex County in basket factories; pine 

 and gum mostly used. 



Veneer for fruit baskets very extensive in Sussex County; gum 

 chiefly used, also maple. 



Crating and boxes very extensive in Sussex County; pine used 

 mostly, also gum. 



Mine props very extensive in Sussex County ; pine used mostly, 

 also oak. 



Fencing posts and rails, extensive all over State ; chestnut, oak, 

 heart pine, and locust used. 



