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Yearboo\ of Agriculture 1949 



SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED POTENTIAL ANNUAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TIMBER PRODUCTS IN 

 THE UNITED STATES AND THE DRAIN ON DOMESTIC TIMBER 



1950-55 



$O years hence 



Estimated drain 



Estimated drain 



From 

 trees of 



Potential From From trees of Potential From saw-tim- 



require- trees of saw-timber size require- trees of ber size 



ment all sizes 1 only* ment all sizes 1 only 2 



Major timber products utilized in the 

 primary form: 



Fuel wood cord . . 



Poles pole. . 



Piling linear foot . . 



Fence posts post. . 



Mine timbers, hewed or round 



cubic foot . 



Railroad ties, hewed tie. . 



Major timber products that are further 

 processed : 



In the manufacture of wooden prod- 

 ucts 

 Saw logs for lumber 



board foot 7 .. 

 Logs and bolts for veneer 



board foot 8 . . 



Cooperage stock do. 8 . . . . 



In the manufacture of chemical prod- 

 ucts 



Pulpwood cord . . 



Wood for hardwood distillation 

 cord. . 

 Logs and bolts for all other uses 



board foot 8 . . 

 Cordwood for all other uses . . . . cord . . 



Million Million 



Million cu.ft. Percent bd.ft. Million 



363 1,836 37.6 3,066 *50 



5.7 91 90.0 318 5 



38 29 100. 114 23 



5 6oo 480 25.7 492 5 6oo 



220 220 35.6 312 220 



22 238 98.5 1,084 18 



42,500 8,670 98.9 44,345 39,000 7,956 40,692 



2,400 566 98.5 2,837 2,400 

 775 J83 98.8 919 700 



29 i, 660 70.2 5,784 40 



0-5 34 35-0 53 0.5 



t,OOO 236 100. 1,200 1,500 



5 350 35-0 529 7 



566 2,837 

 165 830 



3, 320 10, 678 



34 53 



354 i, 800 



490 740 



Total 



1 All trees above 5 inches in diameter at breast 

 height. 



2 Saw-timber sizes vary by regions but nowhere 

 is it less than 9 inches. 



3 Estimated that 27 million cords might be cut 

 from sound, living trees. 



4 Estimated that 25 million cords might be cut 

 from sound, living trees. 



14,593 82.7 61,053 15,576 62,508 



6 Estimated that 480 million posts might be cut 

 from sound, living trees. 



6 Estimated that equivalent of 9 million cords 

 may be imported as paper, wood pulp, and pulp- 

 wood. 



7 Measured in lumber tally. 



8 Measured in log scale. 



This table was prepared by A. C. Cline; see p. 731. 



