0$ VIRGINIA 



PRODUCTION OF FOREST PRODUCTS 



The foregoing report deals with the quantity of wood from which 

 varions commodities are made. The appendix on the other hand 

 concerns the quantity of rough forest products manufactured in Vir- 

 ginia. The former is based on the consumption of wood, the latter 

 presents information from the view point of production. The figures 

 'given in the following tables are an exact copy of Bulletin No. 10 

 of the Bureau of Census to the extent to which it refers to Virginia. 

 They include statistics separately of the production of lumber, veneer, 

 and laths and shingles, and are appended herewith merely for the 

 convenience of the reader who may not have a copy of the Census 

 Bulletin at hand. Tables covering the cross-ties and wire poles were 

 necessarily omitted, because statistics given in the Census Bulletin 

 concerning their production were not presented according to States. 



LUMBER 



Table A presents statistics for the Virginia lumber cut according 

 to species in quantity and total cost. 



TABLE "A" PRODUCTION OF ROUGH LUMBER. 



VENEER 



Table B shows the 1909 output of veneer in Virginia. It was 

 practically all rotary cut, ranging in thickness from 5-16 to 1-20 of 

 an inch. More red gum was used than twice the amount of ten other 

 woods. Cotton gum, yellow pine, and yellow poplar, in the order 



