STATISTICS have been compiled by the United States 

 forest service which show for the first time precisely 

 how the lumber produced in the country is utilized. 

 About 45 billion feet of lumber of all kinds is the annual pro- 

 duction in the United States; of this nearly 25 billion feet, 

 board measure, are further manufactured, the other portion 

 remaining for rough construction lumber and for similar pur- 

 poses. This is exclusive of material which reaches its final 

 use in the form of fuel, railroad ties, posts, poles, pulpwood, 

 cooperage, wood distillates, and the barks and extracts de- 

 manded by the tanning industry. 



Compilation of Figures Took Long Time. 



The work of collecting and compiling the figures extended 

 over a considerable period and was carried out state by state; 

 but as one full year was made the basis of statistics in each 

 state the total is a fair average of the use of lumber in fur- 

 ther manufacture in the whole country. Between 50 and 60 

 per cent of the lumber produced is subject to further man- 

 ufacture. In preparing the figures in this way, however, it 

 should be remembered that considerable material reaches 

 shops and factories in the form of logs, bolts, and billets with- 

 out having passed through sawmills, and while this material 

 is included in these statistics this fact should be remembered 

 in comparing statistics with those of lumber production. 



Nearly or quite 100 different woods are used in this coun- 

 try under their own names, while an unknown number find 

 their way to shops and factories without being identified or 

 separately listed, except under general names. In quantity 

 the softwoods, the needle-leaf or coniferous trees, are most 

 important, but there is a greater number of species among 

 the hardwoods, or broad-leaf trees. Yellow pine comes first 

 with more than 8 billion feet, followed by white pine with 3 

 billion, and Douglas fir with a little more than 2 billion. It 

 should be understood, however, that the term "yellow pine" 



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