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350,000,000,000 beard foot. Of this it is stated Michigan had about 

 150,000,000,000 feet, Wisconsin about 130,000,000,000, and Minne- 

 sota about 70,000,000,000. Since lumbering began not less than 

 250,000,000,000 feet have been cut and perhaps 100,000,000,000 feet 

 burned. In 1880 the census estimate of the stand was less than 

 88,000,000,000 board feet, but according to the annual reports of 

 the American Lumberman the cut since then has exceeded 

 170,000,000,000. In 1900 the census estimated the stand at 

 50,000,000,000, and in 1903 K. A. Long placed it at 60,000,000,000 

 feet. According to data compiled by R. S. Kellogg, of the Forest 

 Service, the lumber production of all species in the Lake States be- 

 tween 1880 and 1910 was: 



Michigan: 103,525,000,000 board feet; about 75 per cent white pine. 

 Wisconsin: 80,385,000.000 board feet; about 80 per cent white pine. 

 Minnesota: 44,890,000,000 board feet; about 95 per cent white pine. 



Of the total production of lumber in the United States during these 

 30 years white pine furnished 14 per cent, or 58,000,000,000 board 

 feet. 



The amount of privately owned pine (white and Norway) now 

 standing in the Lake States is estimated by the Bureau of Corpora- 

 tions l as : 



Board feet. 



Michigan 2,000,000,000 



Wisconsin. 3,200,000,000 



Minnesota. 12,500,000,000 



There is some reason to believe that the total quantity in Wiscon- 

 sin is understated. The proportion of white pine comprised in the 

 stand, for the States named, is tentatively placed at 79, 83, and 64 

 per cent. White and Norway pine together formed, respectively, 

 4.2, 11, and 53.9 per cent of the total stand of timber in the States 

 listed, or a total of about 18 per cent of the Lake States forest. On 

 the basis of these figures the present annual cut of pine is compara- 

 tively large. The cut for the year 1909, according to the Bureau of 

 Corporations, took 12.3 per cent of the standing pine in the Lake 

 States: 12.9 per cent of that in Michigan, 19.1 per cent in Wisconsin, 

 and 10.5 per cent in Minnesota. For Wisconsin the percentage may 

 be somewhat too high, since it is based on a very conservative stand 

 estimate. 



WHITE PINE AND THE LUMBER INDUSTRY. 



The history of white-pine lumbering begins with the first settle- 

 ment of the country. In 1623 mills were set up in New York, and 

 by 1635 white pine was being exported from New England. At that 

 early date little was known as to the available supply, even in the 

 country close to the shipping points, and in 1650 fears were ex- 



1 Report on the Lumber Industry, Part I, Standing Timber, Jan. 20, 1913. 



