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DISTILLATION OF STUMPWOOD. Ff 
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.” 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. 
Vol- 
Location. Area. itoial, ume per : e 
" | acre. jog inch.| 28-5 | 33-5 Jozinop.| Per Per 
inch. | ineh. | ‘| acre. area. 
| 
Acres. Bd. ft. Bd. ft. Cords. | Cords. 
T10S, R 34E, sec.19....- 640 | 8,511,000 | 13,299 | 26.59] 13.29 8.86 | 6.649 | 6.649 4, 255 
uk 10S, R 34E, S€Ci doce ce 640 | 6,220,000 | 9,718 | 19. 43 9.72 6.48 | 4,859 | 4.859 3, 109 
uy 10S, R 34E, sec. 34... 640 | 7,440,000 | 11,006 | 22.00; 11.00 TESA 5. 5037 |) 185 008 3, 521 
Ay 11S, R 34E, secodia-): 640 | 5,128,000 | 8,012) 16.02 8. 01 5.34] 4.006] 4.006 2, 564 
T 118, R 34E; sec. 2... .. 640 | 5,716,000 | 8,931 17. 86 8. 93 5.95 | 4.465 | 4.465 2, 857 
T11S8S,R 345, sec. 11_... 640 | 6,992,000 | 10,925} 21.85] 10.92 7.28 | 5.462 | 5.462 3, 495 
T 11S, R 23E, sec. 23... . 640 | 6,260,000 | 9,781 19. 56 9. 78 6.52 | 4.890 | 4.890 3, 1380 
T 12S, R 34H, sec.3.-...- 640 | 5,900,000 |} 9,287] 18.57 9. 28 6.19 | 4.643 | 4.648 2,971 
T 12S, R 34E, sec. 10... - 640 | 4,776,000} 7,448] 14.89 7. 44 4.96 | 3.724 | 3.724 2, 383 
Mi2S;) KR 34H, sec. 21... - 640 | 3,153,000} 4,926 9. 85 4, 92 3.28 | 2.463 | 2. 463 1,576 
T 128) R 34, sec. 28... . 640 | 8,110,000 | 12,672 | 25.36] 12.68 8.45 | 6.336 | 6.336 4,056 
Rotahess ce et AOLOR OMe OL 0009 Seeks Se Co ake ai arabes Se [ihe ek ee Se Une ae [Seger aes 33, 916 
PSOE AGO 2 ere comm sce all tern = Sota Ie Be Ee 9,474 | 18.95 9. 47 GesQH lea STE Aso tale ee se 
Stand on 56 forties... ...- 2, 240 | 30,821,000 | 13,759 | 27.52] 13.76 9.17 | 6.879 | 6.879 | 15,409 
Stand on 27 sections... .. 17, 280 153, 565, 000 | 8,886 |} 17.77 8. 88 5.92 | 4.4438 | 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 24 to 6? cords of yellow-pine 
stumpwood an acre. 
IDAHO, MONTANA, AND UTAH. 
Idaho. Montana. Utah. 
PRU DEAT Mm ee tte ey a ame ye eaves) o haelied acres. . 10, 000, 000 3, 500, 000 (1) 
(PT STE LE ee ee a ea board feet...) 58, 050,000, 000 | 14,000, 000, 000 (1) 
SEG MEMACKCEET o-oo ss doe oes ok eee sn do.... 5, 800 4, 000 4, 000 
1 IS TESTOES CTIA CES) If 0 ea aang do.... 315, 009, 000 150, 905, 000 | 4,676, 000 
Totalarea annually cleared (1917)...................--- acres. . 54, 311 37, 726 1,169 
_ Totalannual volume of stumpwood...-.............. cords... 157, 504 75, 452 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 
