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acres. There are 300,000 acres of virgin timber, 

 about 400,000 of bare land, probably rock outcrops, 

 and about 5,000,000 acres of cut and burned over 

 land. The remaining area of 6,300,000 acres is in 

 various grades of timber in State and private 

 forests. 



The average stand is estimated at 4000 board feet 

 to the acre, making a total of 25,000,000,000 board 

 feet, to which is added the equivalent of 30,000.- 

 000,000 board feet in the form' of round timber and 

 fire-wood. The forests of the State now produce 

 about 25 board feet to the acre a year, or a total pro- 

 duction of 300,000,000 board feet. The annual cut 

 of lumber in 1913 was 1,000,000,000 board feet, a 

 reduction of about one-third in the five-year period 

 from 1908. In 1917 it had decreased to 360,541,000 

 board fee.t, and 913,169 cords (128 cubic feet) of 

 round wood, making a total equivalent to 861,870,- 

 781 board feet. 



The annual report of the State Superintendent of 

 Forests under the Conservation Commission records 

 the annual cut of timber for 1912 to be distributed as 

 shown in Table II which gives a good idea of the 

 species of timber that prevail, arranged in the order 

 of volume: 



Table II. — Distribution of Timber Cut 

 BY Species 



1. Hemlock ...128,440,828 4. Spruce ■'52,061,700 



2. Pine 78,221,480 .5. Beech 41,478,.5.50 



3. Maple 78,103,985 G. Basswood . . 29,703,865 



