GENERAL 11 



USE OF THE LUMBER CUT 



Until recent times no investigations have been made to determine 

 how our lumber cut was utilized. During the period 1909 to 1912, how- 

 ever, the United States Forest Service, in co-operation with the various 

 state agencies made a study of the annual consumption of lumber in 

 nearly all of the states. 



A compilation of these statistics shows that our lumber cut is nor- 

 mally used approximately as follows: 



Principal Uses. Per Cent. 



Planing mill products such as sash, doors, flooring and general mill 



work 34 



Rough lumber and structural timbers 33 



Boxes and crating 1 1 



Export lumber and timbers 7 



Car construction 3 



Furniture 2 



Vehicles and vehicle parts 2 



Agricultural implements i 



Woodenware and novelties i 



94 



The remaining 6 per cent is made up of miscellaneous uses such as 

 chairs, handles, musical instruments, tanks and silos, ship- and boat- 

 building fixtures, etc. 



The following table shows the annual use of wood in the United 

 States, with the exception of fuel wood and fence posts, according to 

 U. S. Forest Service figures: 1 



Bd. Ft. 



Planing mill products, sash, doors, blinds and general 



mill work 13,428,862,000 



Rough lumber and timbers 13,000.000.000 



Boxes and crates 4,550,016.000 



Cross ties '. 4,502,000,000 



Export lumber and timbers 3.000.000.000 



1 Partly taken from " Lumber Used in the Manufacture of Wooden Products," by J. C. 

 Xellis, U. S. Dept. of Agric., Bulletin 605, 1918. 



