DISTILLATION OF STUMPWOOD. 



Munger (6) states that 42 per cent of all butt logs in Oregon are 

 fire scarred, and that 25 per cent of them are "pitched." The 

 average diameter of the " pitchy " area on the basal cross section of 

 the log is 14.7 inches on a tally of 1,184 butt logs. This means that 

 25 per cent of the stumps would also be " pitched " as the result 

 of fire alone (p. 8). 



TABLE 5. Cruises on the Whitman National Forest, 1912-1916. 



The total stand of western yellow pine for Washington is 12,500,- 

 000,000 feet in private and State ownership, and 4,500,000,000 feet in 

 Government ownership, or a total of 17,000,000,000 board feet. 

 Allowing a stand of 5,000 feet an acre, which is thought to be low, 

 since Oregon and Washington are similar, the Washington area will 

 be approximately 3,400,000 acres. 



The area of the yellow-pine land in the two States is approxi- 

 mately 13,400,000 acres, carrying a commercial stand of from 5,000 

 to 7,000 feet an acre, or the equivalent of from 10 to 14 trees 24 inches 

 on the stump, which will yield from 2 to 6| cords of yellow-pine 

 stumpwood an acre. 



IDAHO, MONTANA, AND UTAH. 



i No reliable figures obtainable. 



Many large areas of yellow-pine timber in Idaho are as good as 

 the best of that in California and Oregon, but as a whole the stand 



