FOREST RESOURCES OF EASTEUX TEXAS. 7 



Piling to the extent of 17,700 pieces is shipped from four southern 

 counties. 



Fuelwool, like fence posts, is used far more extensively for home con- 

 sumption than for export. However, 23 counties ship 177,650 cords of 

 wood either to cities within the region or to other parts of the State. 

 The amount of home consumption cannot easily be determined although 

 the average home probably uses eight to ten cords annually. 



Charcoal is not an important product of East Texas. The only ship- 

 ments recorded were 153 tons from the southern counties. 



Shingles are manufactured not only in the large sawmills from slabs 

 and trimmings but also in numerous small shingle mills scattered over 

 eastern Texas. Not less than 6,500,000 shingles are produced in the 

 small plants. 



Turpentining is not extensive in Texas as compared with some other 

 southern States within the longleaf pine belt. The area at present 

 devoted to the turpentine industry consists of 289,300 acres in Tyler, Polk, 

 Jasper, Newton, San Jacinto, Sabine, and Hardin counties. Among 

 these Polk County leads with 160,000 acres. 



In addition to the above there are numerous other industries which 

 use limited quantities of wood.. The box and crate industry is represented 

 by about 14 mills, most of which are in the northeastern counties. Five 

 of these mills consume approximately 10,600,000 board feet of gum an- 

 nually. There are six handle factories and two mattress factories which 

 use small quantities of cordwood. There is a great opportunity to in- 

 crease and build up these small industries in sections where lumbering 

 on a large scale has ceased to be an important industry. 



FOREST RESOURCES, INDUSTRIES AND OUTPUTS BY 



COUNTIES. 



ANDERSON COUNTY. 



The eastern portion, not more than one-fourth of the county, lies within 

 the shortleaf pine region, the remainder being in the post oak region. 

 The broken and hilly land surface drains into the Neches and Trinity 

 Rivers. Soils range from light sands to heavy, dark loams, a large part 

 of the total area being in the red land belt. Several scattered areas of 

 sandstone are found in the county. Public roads for the most part show 

 considerable improvement. More than 59 miles of mainline but no 

 logging railroads serve the county. 



The land area may be divided as follows : 



Approximate total area 678,400 acres. 



Virgin timber lands 50,000 acres. 



Second growth lands 238,000 acres. 



Culled and cut-over lands 15,000 acres. 



All other lands 375,400 acres. 



The virgin timber lands lie chiefly along the eastern boundary of the 

 county and support a growth of pine and mixed hardwoods. More than 

 30,000 acres of this class are shortleaf pine. A large acreage of oak 

 and mixed hardwoods occupies the bottomlands along the Neches River. 



