Changes in Scale of Operations 



Changes in scale of operations can be indicated as increases or decreases 

 (if there have been any changes). Those of greatest magnitude have been 

 in the pulp mills where expansion in capacity and changes of process are 

 notable. 



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Hardwood logs are debarked and sawed to length for pulpwood bolts. 



As a whole, 17 percent have increased their scale of operations and 5 

 percent have decreased. The majority of mills have remained at a constant 

 level. 



The increases in the case of sawmills have been in volume of business 

 and the acquisition of forest land. Also, 19 percent of all mills have been 

 obtaining an increasing amount of timber from their own lands. 



Therefore, it is evident that New Hampshire wood-using industries, which 

 are first handlers of wood as raw material, are substantial when judged by 

 their increase in forest holdings, year-round operations, characteristic sta- 

 bility of location, and definite indication of increase in the size of operation. 



Raw Material Requirements 



Form of Purchases 



More than nine-tenths of the wood-using industries purchase standing timber 

 as a means of satisfying their raw material requirements. Over three- 

 quarters buy logs either at the roadside or mill, and over half purchase 

 stumpage and logs. One-tenth of the mills depend entirely on delivered logs 

 and bolts. 



Type of Woods Operation 



Woods operations can be handled by regularly employed mill crews or by 

 contract loggers. Large mills depend mainly on contractors. Smaller ones 

 usually have their own woods crews. Wood procurement as a whole is 

 about equally divided between contract and company operations. 



