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It seems as if the Southern States had been yielding, in the 

 year 1909, almost as much lumber as did the remaining states 

 of the Union altogether. 



It is particularly interesting to note that certain states reported 

 exhausted, as far as primeval timber is concerned, several de- 

 cades of years ago, have increased their commercial pro- 

 duction nevertheless. 



Virginia, for instance, has reported the following total pro- 

 ductions in the following years: 



1880 300 million feet, board measure 

 1890 400 

 1900 960 



1907 1400 



1908 1650 



As regards the production of individual woods, statistics fof 

 1908 show the following: 



Arkansas 

 California 



Indiana 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Mississippi 



Montana 



Pennsylvania 



Washington 



West Virginia 



Wisconsin 



leads in producing red gum and hickory; 

 ,, redwood, sugar pine, western 



yellow pine ; 

 walnut and sycamore; 

 oak; 

 cypress, long-leaved pine, 



tupelo ; 

 spruce and balsam ; 

 maple, beech and ash ; 

 white pine and tamarack ; 

 Cottonwood ; 

 larch ; 

 chestnut; 



Douglas fir and red cedar; 

 yellow poplar and cherry ; 

 hemlock, bass wood, elm and 



birch. 



With a vievc to the future of the various commercial woods, 

 we might distinguish (after Kellogg) three classes as follows: 

 1st. class. Maximum of commercial production is passed: 



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