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years old are said to yield three logs. Large quantities of 

 loblolly firewood and kindling are shipped to New York. Sumac 

 leaves are gathered for tanning purposes on such a scale that the 

 railroads reported, in 1885, shipments amounting to 10,300 tons 

 a good indication of the enormous extent of abandoned fields. 



Mill investments average $3-934. the number of mills being 

 1,234. Logs on stump are worth $1.79; at mill. $8.35. The value 

 of the lumber product was in 



1850 $ 1,000,000 



i860 2,200.000 



1870 2.100,000 



1880 3.400.000 



1890 5.600,000 



1900 12,100,000 



The figures prove a rapidly increasing production, although 

 the virgin woods have gone for many a decade. 



The output in 1900 consisted of: 



Hemlock 1,400.000 feet b. m. 



Yellow pine 710,000.000 feet b. m. 



Yellow poplar 86.000.000 feet b. m. 



Wnite oak 143.000.000 feet b. m. 



Other hardwoods 13.000,000 feet b. m. 



Total 953.400.000 feet b. m. 



The miscellaneous industries report a product worth $436,- 

 ooo; the cooperage firms. $587,000; the box concerns, $900,000. 



The leather industry is developed on a large scale. 65 

 tanneries produce $4,717,000 worth of leather and consume 73-646 

 cords of oak bark, worth $468,000; 420 tons of quebracho, worth 

 $5,400; 6 tons of sumac, worth $233. Little extract is locally 

 used, but large amounts are manufactured for exportation. 



The paper and pulp industry works in seven plants and con- 

 sumes 2,917 cords of spruce, worth $6 per cord; 8,513 cords of 

 poplar, worth $4.50 per cord, and 3.200 cords of miscellaneous 

 wood, worth $2.30 per cord. 



6. Forestry movement: Nill. The system of forestry actu- 

 ally practiced on abandoned fields may be classed as "intermit- 

 tent forestry." 



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