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Sargent in 1880. His figures give a total of 5,229 mil- 

 lion feet at that time. This estimate must be greatly 

 in error, inasmuch as several times this amount has 

 been cut during the twenty years which have elapsed, 

 and in 1900 an amount greater than these figures was 

 reported as owned by lumbermen. 



LUMBER INDUSTRY. 



Value of 

 product. 



1860. 

 1860. 

 1870. 



]xs<>. 

 Ih'.l 



1900. 



;K-,, 117:, 

 1,074,003 

 2,000,243 

 2,672,796 

 6,898,742 

 14,862,593 



TIMBER OWNED AND CUT, BY SPECIES, AND AVERAGE 

 STAND. 



South Carolina. The upland portion of this state, 

 from the Blue Ridge down to the Fall Line, was origi- 

 nally covered with hard-wood forests, in which was 

 interspersed some pine. Below the Fall Line stretches 

 the yellow-pine belt, while in the lowlands along the 

 coast is some cypress. Lumbering has never been 

 actively prosecuted in the state, and the probability is 

 that a large part of the original stand still remains. 

 The lumber product has increased greatly during the 

 past ten years, the principal product being yellow 

 pine, with a small quantity of cypress. 



The wooded area of the state is estimated to be 

 20,500 square miles, or 68 per cent of its area, and the 



TIMBER OWNED AND CUT, BY SPECIES, AND AVERAGE 

 STAND. 



Georgia. The northern mountainous portion of the 

 state and the Piedmont region, extending southwest- 

 ward to the Fall Line, which passes through Augusta, 

 Macon, and Columbus, are covered with mixed forests, 

 mainly of hardwood; and the region below the Fall Line 

 comprises the yellow pine belt, which is succeeded in 

 the lower regions immediately bordering the coast by 

 cypress. Aside from the clearing for cultivation no 

 great amount of timber has been cut in the state until 

 recent years, the cut in 1900 being more than double 

 that of 1890, and reaching a very respectable total. 

 This cut consists almost entirely of yellow pine. 



The wooded area of Georgia is estimated at 42,000 

 square miles, or 71 per cent of its area, and it is believed 

 that most of this wooded area is occupied by merchant- 

 able timber. 



The only estimates which we have of the stand of 

 timber relate to yellow pine, which was estimated by 

 Professor Sargent in 1880 at 16,778 million feet. 



LUMBER INDUSTRY. 



