FOREST POLICY. 



4. Forest ownership: 114 firms own 66,928 acres of 3,700 

 feet b. m. average stumpage. 



5. Use of timber: The lumber manufacture has never been 

 prominent in Maryland. After the census reports, however, it 

 continues growing, in spite of the lack of primeval supplies. The 

 output of the Maryland mills was valued in 



1850 $ 585,000 



i860 605,000 



1870 1,501,000 



1880 1,813,000 



1890 1,600,000 



1900 2,650,000 



The cut in 1900 consisted of: — 



Yellow pine 79,000,000 feet b. m. 



Hemlock 21,200,000 feet b. m. 



White pine 1,600,000 feet b. m. 



Spruce 3,500,000 feet b. m. 



Miscellaneous conifers 4,300,000 feet b. m. 



Oak 66,000,000 feet b. m. 



Chestnut ., 5,000,000 feet b. m. 



Poplar 5,000,000 feet b. m. 



Miscel. hardwoods . . . 2,300,000 feet b. m. 



Logs on stump are worth $2.92; at mill, $6.75. 366 mills 

 represent an average investment of $3,643. 



The cooperage industry was important in olden times; had 

 greatly declined in 1880, and depends in 1900 almost entirely on 

 the use of imported cooperage stock, turning out $700,000 worth 

 of products. The home grown staves and headings are worth 

 only $15,000. No furniture stock and little carriage stock is ob- 

 tained inland. 



The box factories turned out, in 1900, $1,800,000 worth of 

 boxes, and seem to depend on imported stock for raw material. 



Leather industry: There are 21 tanneries of $1,754,000 an- 

 nual output. They consume 3,116 cords of hemlock bark, valued 

 at $21,888; 12,087 cords of oak bark, valued at $80,603; 309 barrels 

 of oak bark extract; iii tons of sumac and chemicals; 25 tons 

 of quebracho. 



The paper and pulp industry produces, in 21 mills, $2,600,000 

 worth of products and uses 23,229 cords of home-grown spruce, 



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