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yielded 50.2 per cent. This clearly indicates the species of 

 trees which produce the kind of lumber in greatest demand ; a 

 feature which should not be overlooked when determining 

 what to plant. Although hemlock yielded 6.9 per cent of 

 the whole, that species of tree will be practically exhausted 

 within the next fifteen or twenty years or sooner. 



In addition to this table there is here given a synopsis 

 of other tables l showing the several products, their amount 

 and cost. From this can be seen the large demand that is 

 made upon our forests, and the enormous sum of money 

 there is involved in exploiting them. This synopsis includes 

 only such wood as is used for the purposes named. No ac- 

 count is taken of wood used for fuel, or for round timbers 

 used in mines, or for piles and other like purposes, nor for 

 any of the other numerous uses to which wood not sawed is 

 put. How much of all this there was used is not known, 

 but there roust have been a large amount. 2 



The use of species heretofore deemed of little value has 

 been seized upon by those who scout the idea of a timber 

 famine, as showing that there is still timber for all pur- 

 poses and some to spare, when, in fact, this new supply is 



1 Synopsis of " Forest Products " Reports, showing purposes, amount, and 



cost of the wood used in the industries named 



No. of Report Industry and Amount Cost 



1 Pulp-wood, 4,001,607 cords . . . $34,477,540 



2 Sawed lumber, 44,509,761,000 board feet . 684,479,859 

 2 Shingles, 14,907,371 thousand . . . 30,262,462 



2 Lath, 3,703,195 thousand .... 9,963,439 



3 Slack cooperage, board feet not given . 20,195,125 



4 Tanbark, 1,022,435 tons .... 9,968,710 



5 Veneers, 435,981,000 feet, log scale . . 8,977..') 1(1 



6 Tight cooperage, board feet not given . 8,716,2% 



7 Distillation, 1,149,847 cords . . . 3,81 - 



8 Cross-ties, 123,751,000 .... 60,320,700 



9 Poles, 3,738,740 



Total 



3 Bureau of the Census, Report No. 10, Department of Labor, 190S, 

 shows that the wood used around the farm alone, such a* poles, posts, rails, 

 and the like, when added to the wood used for fuel throughout the coun- 

 .try, two thirds of the people use wood for fuel, is equivalent in value 

 to thirty-one per cent of the total value of the forest product. 



