Table 2. Sawmill Population in New Hampshire, with Registered 

 Sawmills, and Mills Representing the Annual Cut, 1946-1961 



Source — * New Hampshire Forest Market Reports. 



t New Hampshire Biennial Forestry Reports. 



Table 3. Buyers of Forest Products, 1947-1961 



Year 



5awmi 



lis 



Buyers & 

 Loggers 



Total 

 Listing 



Percent 

 Sawmills 



1947 



1948 



1949 

 1950 

 1951 

 1952 

 1953 

 1954 

 1955 

 1956 

 1957 

 1958 

 1959 

 1960 

 1961 



400 



406 



388 

 403 

 402 

 428 

 390 

 379 

 353 

 352 

 307 

 279 

 262 

 238 



23 



25 



21 

 22 

 24 

 24 

 31 

 47 

 62 

 67 

 77 

 72 

 86 

 42 



423 



431 



409 

 425 

 426 

 452 

 421 

 426 

 415 

 419 

 384 

 351 

 348 

 280 



95 



94 



95 

 95 

 94 

 95 

 93 

 89 

 85 

 84 

 80 

 80 

 75 

 85 



Source — New Hampshire Forest Market Reports. 



Dependency Upon White Pine Stumpage 



Sawmills in New Hampshire cut predominantly softwoods, as Table 

 4 shows. A few mills cut hardwood only; a larger number saw both hard- 

 wood and softwood; but the majority saw softwood only. This is em- 



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