y-'iiow I'ine. 



Doll-Ins \'\T . 



\VI,it,. I'ine.. 



\\V-I.TM I'illc. 



Mnpli' ......... 



!: <I Gam 

 ' -tnut 



Boech 

 lUrch 



r.:iswood 



Cot ton wood. 

 Elm 



Asli 



I.Mi-ch 



Hickory. . . 

 Wl.ite Fir 

 SiiL'ar I'itii-. 

 'I'.-niiarack 

 '1'iipclo 

 Sycamore 

 \V:ilnut 

 All others . 



INCREASE IN [907 LUMBER CU1 



Table IV. Lumber Cut. f>v Sf> t -cif\, . 



"7' 



r.illi..n- I: 

 3*567 



9 10 II 12 O * 



than any otlirr t\\i> -tate"- in the Union. 

 It is a striking fart that though lum- 

 licr prices have Ijeen ^teadily going up 

 luring the last half-century, the per 

 capita o>n;uniption of lumber has also 

 been going up. In 1850, according t- 

 the besl figures 'btainahle. the average 



4 



consumption to each person in the coun- 

 try was -'50 feet: in 1900. 460 feet; and 

 in 1907. 4$o feet. This illu-tra:e- what 

 has been found true the \v<>rl<l over - 

 that with indu>trial progress the de- 

 mand for wood bec"ine> greater and 

 Greater. 



