DISTILLATION" OF STUMPWOOD. 7 



Munger (6) states that 42 per cent of all butt logs in Oregon are 

 fire scarred, and that 25 per cent of them are " pitched.' 1 The 

 average diameter of the " pitchy " area on the basal cross section of 

 the log is 14.7 inches on a tally of 1,184 butt logs. This means that 

 25 per cent of the stumps would also be " pitched "as the result 

 of fire alone (p. 8). 



Table 5. — Cruises on the Whitman National Forest, 1912-1916. 











Number of stumps per acre. 



Volume. 





Area. 



Total 



Vol- 

 ume per 















Location. 





















acre. 



24-inch. 



28.5- 

 inch. 



33.5- 

 inch. 



37-inch. 



Per 

 acre. 



Per 

 area. 





Acres. 



Bi.ft. 



B&.ft. 











Cords. 



Cords. 



T 10S, R 34E, sec. 19 



640 



8, 511, 000 



13, 299 



26. 59 



13.29 



8.86 



6.649 



6.649 



4,255 



T10S, R34E,sec.33 



640 



6, 220, 000 



9,718 



19.43 



9.72 



6.48 



4.859 



4.859 



3,109 



T10S, R34E,sec.34 



640 



7, 440, 000 



11, 006 



22.00 



11.00 



7.34 



5.503 



5.503 



3,521 



T11S, R34E,sec. 1 



640 



5, 128, 000 



8,012 



16.02 



8.01 



5.34 



4.006 



4.006 



2,564 



TliS, R34E, sec. 2 



640 



5, 716, 000 



8,931 



17.86 



8.93 



5.95 



4.465 



4.465 



2,857 



T11S, R34E, sec. 11 



640 



6,992,000 



10, 925 



21.85 



10.92 



7.28 



5.462 



5.462 



3,495 



T11S, R23E, sec. 23 



640 



6, 260, 000 



9,781 



19.56 



9.78 



6.52 



4.890 



4.890 



3,130 



T12S, R34E, sec. 3 



640 



5, 900, 000 



9,287 



18.57 



9.28 



6.19 



4.643 



4.643 



2,971 



T12S, R34E, sec. 10 



640 



4, 776, 000 



7,448 



14.89 



7.44 



4.96 



3.724 



3.724 



2,383 



T12S, R34E,sec. 21 



640 



3, 153, 000 



4,926 



9.85 



4.92 



3.28 



2.463 



2.463 



1,576 



T12S, R34E,sec. 28 



640 



8, 110, 000 



12, 672 



25.36 



12.68 



8.45 



6.336 



6. 336 



4,056 



Total 



7,040 



67, 701, 000 















33, 916 





9,474 

 13, 759 



18.95 

 27.52 



9.47 

 13.76 



6.32 

 9.17 



4.737 

 6.879 



4.737 

 6.879 





Stand on 56 forties. ...... 



2,240 



30, 821, 000 



15,409 





17, 280 



153, 565, 000 



8,886 



17. 77 



8.88 



5.92 



4.443 



4.443 



76, 775 



The total stand of western yellow pine for Washington is 12,500,- 

 000,000 feet in private and State ownership, and 4,500,000,000 feet in 

 Government ownership, or a total of 17,000,000,000 board feet. 

 Allowing a stand of 5,000 feet an acre, which is thought to be low, 

 since Oregon and Washington are similar, the Washington area will 

 be approximately 3,400,000 acres. 



The area of the yellow-pine land in the two States is approxi- 

 mately 13,400,000 acres, carrying a commercial stand of from 5,000 

 to 7,000 feet an acre, or the equivalent of from 10 to 14 trees 24 inches 

 on the stump, which will yield from 2-J to 6f cords of yellow-pine 

 stumpwood an acre. 



IDAHO, MONTANA, AND UTAH. 



Total area acres. . 



Total stand board feet . . 



Volume per acre do 



Totalannual cut (1917) do 



Total area annually cleared (1917) acres. . 



Total annual volume of stumpwood cords . . 



Idaho. 



10, 000, 000 



58, 050, 000, 000 



5,800 



315, 009, 000 



54, 311 



157, 504 



Montana. 



3, 500, 000 



14, 000, 000, 000 



4,000 



150, 905, 000 



37, 726 



75, 452 



Utah. 



C 1 ) 



4,000 



4,676,000 



1,169 



2,338 



1 No reliable figures obtainable. 



Many large areas of yellow-pine timber in Idaho are as good as 

 the best of that in California and Oregon, but as a whole the stand 



