12 FOREST PRODUCTS 



Bd. Ft. 



Wood pulp (1916) 2,635,000,000 



Car construction 1,262,090,000 



Shingles (191 1) 1,211,387,000 



Furniture 944,678,000 



Vehicles and vehicle parts 739>'^45>°°° 



Slack cooperage (1914) 655,603,000 



Distillation (191 1) 610,680,000 



Lath (1911) 594,222,000 



Veneers (1911) 444,886,000 



Woodenware and novelties ... 405,286,000 



Agricultural implements 321,239,000 



Chairs 289,791,000 



Handles. . 280,235,000 



Musical instruments. . 260,195,000 



Tanks and silos 225,618,000 



Poles and piling (191 1) 250,000,000 



Ship and boat building (1915) 200,000,000 



Fixtures 187,133,000 



Excelsior 100,000,000 



Miscellaneous industries and extract wood 1,486,121,000 



WASTAGE IN PRODUCTION OF FOREST PRODUCTS 



Under conditions of a large virgin timber supply of comparatively 

 low-stumpage value, there is inevitably a large wastage in its utilization. 

 Much of the timber found in the virgin forests of this country is over- 

 mature and defective and its conversion into the various forms of forest 

 products naturally results in great loss. Fires and insects and fungi 

 also destroy enormous quantities of timber in the forest, which otherwise 

 might be profitably utilized. 



It is estimated that we use only from 30 to 50 per cent or less of the 

 total amount of wood which is cut in our forests, and this does not 

 take into account the loss by fire, wind, insects, decay, land clearing, etc. 

 In the western and southern European countries, it is estimated that 

 between 90 and 96 per cent of the total forest crop is utilized. Under 

 the conditions obtaining in those countries there is no loss from over- 

 maturity and defects due to that condition, and there is very little 

 damage done by fire, insects and decay, which are the cause of such a 

 tremendous amount of wood wastage in this country. Many of the trees 



