phasized in Table 5, which shows that between 64 and 74 percent of the 

 annual cut in any year was white pine. The hardwood volume has re- 

 mained about constant at 10 to 12 percent of the annual cut of lumber. 

 The form of raw material purchases is shown in Table 6. Stumpage 

 purchases have declined at a faster rate than log purchases. The total 

 percent buying stumpage alone falls between 77 and 86 percent in one 

 year. 



Table 4. Number of Sawmills Purchasing Hardwood and 

 Softwood Logs*, 1946-1961 



Year 



Hardwood 

 Only 



Softwood 

 Only 



Both Percent 



Using Softwood 



1947 



1948 



1949 

 1950 

 1951 

 1952 

 1953 

 1954 

 1955 

 1956 

 1957 

 1958 

 1959 

 1960 

 1961 



15 



7 

 8 

 8 

 8 



7 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 7 

 9 

 9 

 9 



192 

 211 



198 



197 

 217 

 238 

 212 

 206 

 198 

 205 

 175 

 149 

 142 

 122 



193 



187 



183 

 198 

 177 

 182 

 171 

 166 

 148 

 141 

 125 

 121 

 111 

 107 



96 



98 



98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 98 

 97 

 97 

 96 



* Total number of sawmills equal to the total sawmill population as shown in 

 Table 1. 



Source — New Hampshire Forest Market Reports. 



Table 5. Annual Cut of Lumber bv All New Hampshire Mills 



in M b.f., 1946-1960 



5ource — New Hampshire Biennial Forestry Reports. 



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