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and rapidity of cutting in respect both to market conditions and 

 to organization for sustained yield regionally and nationally. It 

 influences ^ the care with which the timber is utilized. And finally, 

 and very importantly, it influences the character of the cutting, the 

 care that is exercised and the measures taken before, during, and 

 after cutting to insure the establishment and protection of restock- 

 ing the sine qua non to keeping forest lands continuously pro- 

 ductive. These matters are so closely related to the ownership 

 of the forest land that reference to the discussion of that subject 

 should be made. The brief discussion of timber stand ownership 

 at this point should be regarded as supplemental to that of lands. 



TABLE 7. Ownership of stands of saw timber in the United States, by regions 



Region 



All stands 



Federally owned or managed 



Total 



National 

 forest 



Indian 

 reserva- 

 tion 



Other 



New England 



Middle Atlantic 



Lake- 



Central 



South 



Pacific Coast 



North Rocky Mountain 

 South Rocky Mountain, 



Total... 



Million 

 ft. b. m. 

 57, 875 

 26,150 

 35, 887 

 34, 622 



199, 297 

 1, 041, 628 



146,388 



125, 956 



1, 667, 803 



Per 



cent 



Million 



ft. b. m. 



1,119 



98 



2,284 

 449 



421, 571 

 93, 130 

 114,983 



Million 



ft. b. m. 



1,119 



94 



1,200 



444 



3,653 



357, 198 



88,840 



99,917 



Million 

 ft. b. m. 



Million 

 ft. b. m. 



1,084 



195 



21, 342 

 2,290 

 6,995 



5 

 20 



43, 031 

 2,000 

 8,071 



100 



637, 502 



552, 465 



31,906 



53, 131 



Region 



State, 

 county, 



and 

 municipal 



Private 



Total 



Industrial 



Farm 

 woodland 



New England 



Middle Atlantic. 



Lake 



Central 



South 



Pacific Coast 



North Rocky Mountain, 

 South Rocky Mountain. 



Total. 



Million 



't. b. m. 



1,363 



221 



870 



107 



312 



26, 155 



11, 527 



1,457 



Million 



ft. b. m. 



55, 393 



25,831 



32, 733 



34,066 



195, 117 



593, 902 



41, 731 



9,516 



Million 



ft. b. m. 



47, 421 



13, 831 



21, 771 



16, 613 



146, 850 



568, 696 



40,223 



9,452 



Million 



ft. b. m. 



7,972 



12,000 



10, 962 



17,453 



48,267 



25,206 



1,508 



64 



42, 012 



988, 289 



864, 857 



123, 432 



SAW TIMBER 





Ownership of saw timber is of special importance, because premature 

 or untimely liquidation of saw timber especially, upsets market 

 conditions for forest products, with results that lead the industrial 

 forest owner to seriously doubt the wisdom or the economic soundness 

 of forestry for him. The comparatively long rotations incident to saw 

 timber production add to the complexities of management. It is in 

 connection with saw timber also that the problems of wise allocation 

 of cut for sustained yield organization of forest lands, regionally and 

 nationally, chiefly reside. 



Table 7 and figure 7 present the United States regional and total 

 distribution of saw timber for industrial, farm woodland, and public 



