Fig. 3. Total Annual Cut of Lumber for New Hampshire, 1946-1960 



500 



'*00 _ 



300 _ 



200 _ 



£ 



•o 



• 



^ 100 

 o 



A. Total Cut 



B. Softwocxj Cut 



C. White Pine Cut 



-m? 



19'*9 



1951 



1953 



1955 



1957 



1959 



Fig. 4. Average Volume of Lumber Cut per Mill, 1946-1960 



1000 _ 



m 



800 



600 



A. Based on active mills as listed in the New Hampshire 

 Forest Market Reports. 



3 

 O 



1400 _ 



igu? 



191^ 



1951 



1953 



1955 



1957 



1959 



As suggested by Simmons (1961), this can run as high as 50 percent of 

 the mills responsible for 5 percent of the annual cut. For this reason 

 only actively producing mills were used to formulate a trend line for 

 average volume cut per mills by years. Line A, based on active mills 

 represents the average volume cut per mill by years for all the actively 

 producing mills in the state. It omits several small part-time mills pro- 



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