will be equal to the local production, assuming no in- 

 crease in population and the same per capita rate of 

 consumption. At the end of a decade, allowing for 

 a 10 per cent increase in population, consumption will 

 exceed cut by nearly 50 per cent. In other words, 

 the per capita consumption must either fall from 

 300 to nearly 200 board feet per year or the Lake 

 States must import nearly one-third of the lumber 

 needed for home use. With each succeeding year 

 the discrepancy between consumption and local sup- 

 ply will become greater. Much western fir and pine 

 lumber is already being consumed in the Lake States, 

 and as the local cut decreases they will depend 

 more and more upon the far West. While an actual 

 lumber shortage may not, therefore, be anticipated 

 as long as the western stands hold out, the lack of a 

 local supply will be felt in increased prices. 



Fire and Razor-Back Hogs Play Havoc With 

 Young Long-Leaf Pine 



How the struggle for existence of young 

 long-leaf pine on cut-over lands in the South 

 is handicapped by hog grazing and recurrent fires has 

 been brought out by a six-year experiment in Louis- 

 iana. 



Millions of long-leaf seedlings sprang up over the 

 South in the fall of 1913, resulting from a very heavy 

 seed crop and favorable weather conditions. At the 

 request of Henry E. Hardtner of Urania, Louisiana, 

 the Forest Service of the United States Department of 



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