246 FORESTRY IN NEW ENGLAND 



The New England States furnish nearly 56 per cent of the 

 eastern spruce and 67 per cent of the balsam fir cut for lumber. 

 A little of this timber undoubtedly came from the northern hard- 

 woods region. Besides spruce and balsam, such species as 

 beech, maple, birch, basswood, and hemlock are cut for lumber; 

 but as all occur commercially in some of the other New England 

 regions it is difficult to give definite figures for the amounts cut. 

 The census figures are for whole states, and where a species is 

 important in two or more forest regions in the same state it is 

 difficult to distinguish between them. Approximately, 466,- 

 000,000 feet, board measure, of the above-listed species were cut 

 in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts in 

 1909, of which possibly half, or 233,000,000 feet, board measure, 

 came from the spruce region. For none of these species was the 

 spruce region a large producer, as the output in other forest 

 regions greatly exceeded this amount in the case of each species. 

 Besides these species Maine furnished 15,140,000 feet, board 

 measure, of cedar, and various other species are estimated to 

 add at least 3,000,000 feet, board measure, more. 



The total amount of all species cut in 1909 for the portion of 

 the spruce region in New England, was 1,158,400,000 feet, 

 board measure, but to obtain the total for the whole region the 

 New York cut must be added. This amounts to a round 

 300,000,000 feet, board measure, for all species, giving a total 

 for the region of 1,458,400,000 feet, board measure, or a little 

 over three per cent of the whole lumber cut of the United States. 



It is interesting to compare the amounts used for lumber and 

 pulpwood. This can best be done by converting the cords of 

 pulpwood into terms of feet, board measure. A commonly used 

 allowance for a cord of pulpwood is 600 feet, board measure. 

 Using this figure the cut of pulpwood in the spruce region equals 

 902,262,000 feet, board measure, or a little more than 60 per cent 

 of the volume of the lumber cut. If spruce and balsam lumber 

 only are considered an amount equal to 66 per cent of the lumber 

 cut for these species is cut as pulpwood. 



The comparative desirability, from the standpoint of forestry, 



