SHORTLEAP PINE I IMPORTANCE AND MANAGEMENT. 5 



ANNUAL CUT OF SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE. 



The annual cut of southern yellow pine has for many years far 

 exceeded in total amount that of any other species or group of 

 species in the United States. Of the seven leading groups shown in 

 Table 3, yellow pine furnishes annually nearly as much as the com- 

 bined output of all the other groups. 



Table 3. 



-Lumber cut of the seven leading woods in the United States, in the 

 order of rank in production for 1913. 1 



Kind of wood. 



Yellow pine 2 . 

 Douglas fir. .. 



Oak 



White pine... 



Hemlock 



Western pine. 

 Cypress 



Total s. 



Rank 

 in 

 pro- 

 duc- 

 tion. 



1913 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



Lumber sawed. 



Quantity (M feet b. m.). 



1913 

 14,839,363 

 5,556,096 

 3,211,718 

 2,568,636 

 2,319,982 

 1,258,528 

 1,097,247 



38,387,009 



1912 

 14,737,052 

 5,175,123 

 3,318,952 

 3,138,227 

 2,426,554 

 1,219,444 



997,227 



39,158,414 



1911 

 12,896,706 

 5,054,243 

 3,098,444 

 3,230,584 

 2,555,308 

 1,330,700 



981,527 



37,003,207 



1910 

 14,143,471 

 5,203,644 

 3, 522, 098 

 3,352,183 

 2, 836, 129 

 1,562,106 



935,659 



40,018,282 



1909 

 277,185 

 856,378 

 414,457 

 900,034 

 051,399 

 499, 985 

 955, 635 



44, 509, 761 



Proportion of total cut of 

 all species (per cent). 



1913 

 38.7 

 14.5 

 8.4 

 6.7 

 6.0 

 3.3 

 2.9 



100.0 



1912 

 37.6 

 13.2 

 8.5 

 8.0 

 6.2 

 3.1 

 2.5 



100.0 



1911 

 34.9 

 13.7 

 8.4 

 8.7 

 6.9 

 3.6 

 2.7 



100.0 



1910 

 35.3 

 13.0 

 8.8 

 8.4 

 7.1 

 3.9 

 2.3 



100.0 



1909 

 36.6 

 10.9 

 9.9 

 8.8 

 6.9 

 3.4 

 2.1 



1 Bureau of Census reports in cooperation with Forest Service, 1909-1912; Bureau of Crop Estimates 

 in cooperation with Forest Service, 1913. 



2 All southern yellow pine except a very small amount of pitch pine and scrub pine in the Middle and 

 North Atlantic States. 



3 Total of all woods (about 40 species). 



The cut of yellow pine ranged from 36.6 per cent of the entire cut 

 of the country in 1909 to 38.7 per cent in 1913, when it amounted to 

 14,839,363 board feet. Of the eight States holding highest rank in 

 1913 in timber production, five owe their importance chiefly to their 

 output of yellow pine, of which a large proportion is shortleaf. 

 The production of yellow pine by States in 1913 is shown in Table 4. 



Table 4. — Production of yelloiv-pine lumber in 1913 by States. 1 



State. 



Quantity. 



Per- 

 cent- 

 age of 

 total 

 cut. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 active 

 mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



State. 



Quantity. 



Per- 

 cent- 

 age of 

 total 

 cut. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 active 

 mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



United States. 



Board fid. 

 14,839,363,000 



Per ct. 

 100. (X) 



7,639 





Boardfeet. 



' 810,362,000 



002,043,000 



635,420,000 



120,860,000 



65,143,000 



60, 137, (MX) 



57,023,000 



78,520,000 



Per ct. 



5.5 



4.5 



4.3 



.8 



.4 



.4 



.4 



.5 



1,023 







671 

 492 





3, 092, 375, (XX) 

 2,224, 711, (XX) 

 2,02-1,231,000 

 1,615, 102, (XX) 



1,395,069,000 



1, 171. 198 000 

 73, (XX) 



20.8 

 15.0 



13. 7 

 10.2 

 9.4 



7.9 

 6.2 



2!)!) 

 540 

 317 

 1,522 

 711 

 467 

 193 



South Carolina 





55 







165 



North Carolina 





343 

 130 





All others 2 



678 



Florida 











' Bureau of ('rop Estimate and Forest Service, U. 8. Department of Agriculture. 



* Includes establishment dl tributed as follows: Connecticut, 24; Delaware, 35; Illinois, 3; [ndiana, 2; 

 Iowa, 2; Kentucl y, 196: Maine.26; kfaasachu etts,80j New Hampshire, 3; Now Jersey, 40; Ohio, 26; 

 Pennsylvania, 193; IChodo 1 land,(j; Vermont, 3; and West Virginia, 86. 



