100 



Third Annual Report of the 

 Forest Product for 1912 



SPECIES 



Lumber, 

 Ft.. B. M. 



Pulpwood, 

 cords. 



Number 



of mills 



reporting 





52,061,700 



128,440,828 



78,103.985 



78.271.480 



31,906,350 



41,478,550 



29,703,865 



25,799,050 



18.139,275 



14,766,535 



11,130,065 



1,567,910 



1,386,180 



3 , 588 , 555 



237 , 100 



179,650 



124,800 



121,785 



77,950 



57.984 



30.700 



20,000 



9,525 



2.C50 



354 , 793 

 67,439 



372 





1,635 





1,338 



Pine 



217 



1,209 



Birch 



672 







904 



Basswood 



Oak 



5,475 



1,284 

 953 







783 



Elm 





884 



Ash 





888 





39,941 



216 





277 







441 





40,815 



7 





2 







12 







32 







10 



Willow . . . 





8 







9 







5 







8 







1 









Total 



517.205,872 



508,080 









Miscellaneous Materials 

 Roundwood for alcohol, excelsior, cooper- 

 age, kilns, etc 266,073 cords 



Shingles 27,919,250 pieces 



Lath 28,187,850 pieces 



Heading 15,522,832 pieces 



Staves 56,809,770 pieces 



Railroad ties 839,670 pieces 



Posts 178,585 pieces 



Poles 70,088 pieces 



Summary 



Lumber 517,205,87 2 ft. B. M. 



Pulpwood (cords equivalent to) 279,265,320 ft. B. M. 



Roundwood (cords equivalent to) 146,074,017 ft. B. M. 



Grand total 942,545,269 ft. B. M. 



Source or Supply 

 There are in this State approximately twelve million acres of 

 land upon which there is some kind of forest growth, only about 

 one-half of which contains merchantable material. The best avail- 



