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BULLETIlSr 1119, U, S. DEPARTMEIsTT OF AGRICULTURE. 



countries. Thus, muddling through in Anglo-Saxon fashion^ we shall 

 finally bridge the gap between the pioneer methods of the past and 

 scientific use of forest lands. 



It is by no means a cheerless future that lies before us. On the 

 contrary, it is full of promise — after the pinch is past. It means 

 restoration instead of destruction. It means permanence of the 

 lumber industry instead of sawmills wandering from end to end of 

 the country. It means the steady flow of national wealth from the 



TIM be: R REMOVED EACH YEAR rROM FOPESTS OF THE UNITED STATES 



EiOUIS/ALEINT IN BiLLION CUBIC FEET Or STANDING TIMBER REMOVE.D 



Z Lumber and s 

 3 Fencing 



6 Insects, disease, etc . 



7 Pulpwood. 



8 /found mine timbers .. 



IT.^ht he 

 Slack SI 

 S/scA hi 



10 Vehicle 



11 Shingles.. 



12 DistiUaHoi 



13 Tanning e 



14 Veneer lo, 



ISPoles 



/6 Export lo^ 



17 La-th 



la Excelsic 

 laP.ling... 



.110,000.000 cords.. 

 ..^0, 700, QOQM board feet 

 .900,000,000 posts.. 



.. ..•*,550,0O0 cords. 

 ^.250,000.000 cubic 1 

 ..Z86,000,OO0 sts^e: 

 ..^Zl, 000,000 sets 

 1, 010, OOQ, COO s t^ K« 

 .^61,000,000 sets 

 ..333, 000, 000 hoops 

 e70,00OMi>oafz 



...e.6SQ,000Mshin^ 

 ...1,550,000 cords. 

 ..J, 250, 000 cords. 



650,000 M feet 



.,■4:150,000 po/es.. 

 200, 000 M board fesf 



Z,37S,000Mlsth.. 



...200, 000 cords... 



/, 500, 000 pieces. 



ete.,3nd IS ^/ready inducted ^ 

 ' by Outlining the actual cub.c C 



rorAt.'ze.o-f^,9is,ooo cu.rr 



or STANDING TIMBCR 

 INCLUDINS WASTE 



II II 



fO. '^so. coo. ooo -■ 



TIMBER ADDED ETACH YEAR TO THE rORESTS Or THE UN/TED STATES BY GROWTH 



FOREST REG/ON 



THIS DIAGRAM EXPRESSES BILLIONS OE CUBIC EEET OE STANDING TIMBER ADDLD 

 THE PERCENTAGES SHOW THE RELATIVE QUANTITY OE SAW TIMBER^ THE REMAINOCR 

 BEING CORDWOOO 



Ernst Gulf 



Z Lower Mississippi. 



3 Central 



4 Pacific Coast. 



Iflen 



6 New England..... 



6 RocMy Mountain.. 

 Total of all Regit 



59,3eo,ooa 



44,275,000. 



47,3IZ,0O0. 



11,717,000. 



Z0,352,000. 



n,l33,0O0. 



26,500.000.. 



. ..../7,s-fe,D00. 



...245,115.000. 



2^ct: 



J5% 



m 



39% 





S.99i OOO OLC 



CONSUMPTION CREATL K EXCEL 05 OF!OMTH 



f consumed 



\ 



BASIS IS REPORT ON SENA.TC RESOLUTION 311, JUNE I, I3ZO. FOREST SERii'lCE, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: 



Fig. 12. — Only 35 per cent of the wood now growing is fit for lumber. The volunteer crop of untended and 

 fire-swept forests naturally can not equal the product of intelligent management. 



great areas now treeless which once nourished the magnificent forests 

 of the past. It guarantees work as essential and constructive as that 

 of the farmer, with steady wages for hundreds of thousands of men. 

 For many it will prove an opening door of opportunity to ^et 

 away from the cities and back to the land. The secondary industries 

 which would spring up would provide work, wages, and prosperity 

 for additional hundreds of thousands of skilled artisans. A dozen 

 Governments of Europe would eagerly embrace such an opportunity 

 to provide happy and healthful occupations for the unemployed, and 

 utilize waste lands so fortunately located with respect to climatic 

 conditions that they are capable of growing the most valuable forest 



