THE FOREST AS A RESOURCE. 37 



Million feet, 

 B.M. 



United States 37,000 



Russia 12,000 



Austria 3,500 



Germany 3,ooo 



Canada ........ 3,000 



Sweden and Norway ..... 2,000 



China and Japan ...... 2,000 



France 1,500 



South America 1,000 



India 500 



All others 1,000 



66,500 



The use of wood per capita in the United States, 

 with about 350 cubic feet, exceeds that of all other 

 civilized nations ; nearly one-quarter of this wood, or 

 85 cubic feet, is log material (100 cubic feet log ma- 

 terial may be roughly figured as producing 600 feet 

 B.M. sawed material), while England, importing 

 nearly all her requirements, can get along with about 

 13 cubic feet of log material, and Germany with a 

 consumption of 43 cubic feet of wood per capita, 

 of which 1 5 cubic feet is log material. Both these 

 countries. Great Britain importing practically all 

 and Germany over 25 per cent of her needs, would 

 indicate that a civilized nation in a northern coun- 

 try requires between 12 and 15 cubic feet of log 

 material. Outside of the United States and Canada, 

 which export 280,000,000 cubic feet, the countries 

 which cut more than they consume are Russia with 

 420,000,000, Austria with 240,000,000, Norway and 



