BULLETIN 1119^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AQRICULTUEE. 



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LUMBER CUT OF THE 

 UNITED STATES 

 o Reported by Bureau of the Censuj 

 U.S. Departmenf of Commerce 

 • Compufed by the Forest Service 

 U.S. Department of Agriculture 



Note: The records before and aftei 

 1870 are not strictly comparable, 

 the earlier points are plotted 

 their historical interest. The first Censi 

 of M an uf a cfu res in 1810 show^ 

 production less than 94 million feet. 



An esfimafe by measure fromfhij 

 curve shows the production of lui 

 ber in the United States during 

 the past 100 years to be approxi- 

 mately 1708 billion feet. 



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United States 1 

 Total Production] 



1830 1840 1650 I860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 



Fig. 1.— The rapid decrease in lumber production is largely due to the fact that four trees are taken from 

 our forests for every one restored. The decrease of production since 1907 is 27 per cent. 



