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TIMBER OWNED AND CUT, BY SPECIES, AND AVERAGE 

 STAND. 



Vermont. This state was originally forested through- 

 out with white pine, spruce, and hemlock, with some 

 hard woods in the southern part and near the shores of 

 Lake Champlain. For many decades its lumber trade 

 was of much importance, but since 1890 it has begun 

 to decline, owing to the practical exhaustion of white 

 pine, although spruce and hemlock are still found in 

 considerable amounts. In 1900 its product had a value 

 nearly ten times as great as in 1850. 



The woodland of the state is estimated to have an 

 area of 3,900 square miles, or 43 per cent of the area 

 of the state. The only estimates of standing timber 

 are those of Prof. C. S. Sargent, who estimated that 

 in 1880 there were 755,000,000 feet standing, an amount 

 less than half that reported in 1900. 



LUMBER INDUSTRY. 



Massachusetts. Originally covered with forests of 

 conifers, mixed with hard woods, the state was long 

 ago thoroughly lumbered, and to-day contains very lit- 

 tle, if any, virgin forest, and cutting is confined to 

 second growth. Most of the timber reported as owned 

 in the state is located in other states, mainly New Hamp- 

 shire and Vermont, and consists almost entirely of white 

 pine, of which 340,400 M feet, B. M. is reported. The 

 lumber cut probably comes entirely from the two states 

 above mentioned. The cut of Massachusetts has in- 

 creased quite steadily for the past fifty years, and in 

 1900 had a value four times that of 1850. 



The woodland has an area, by measurement from the 

 maps of the state, prepared by the U nited States Geo- 

 logical Survey, of 4,200 square miles, or 52 per cent of 

 the area of the state. Very little of this, however, con- 

 tains timber of mill size and quality. 



LUMBER INDUSTRY. 



TIMBER OWNED AND CUT, BY SPECIES, AND AVERAGE 

 STAND. 



Rhode Island. Originally a forest-clad state, Rhode 

 Island was long since cleared, and in great part put 

 under cultivation. The only timber now in the state 

 is second or third growth, and little, if any, is of lumber 

 size. Practically all the timber reported as cut within 

 the state is brought from other states. 



The woodland of the state has an area, as measured 

 from the maps of the United States Geological Survey, 

 of 400 square miles, or 40 per cent of the area of the 

 state. 



LUMBER INDUSTRY. 



Contiecticut. Like Massachusetts, Connecticut was 

 originally covered with forests of mixed growth, nearly 

 all of which was long ago cut away, and to-day the state 

 contains little virgin forest and not much of second 

 growth fit for the mill. Most of the timber reported 

 as owned in the state is probably located in other states, 

 and most of the timber reported as cut is probably 

 brought from elsewhere. 



The woodlands of the state, as measured from the 

 maps prepared by the United States Geological Survey, 

 have an area of 1,900 square miles, or 39 per cent of 

 the state's area. 



