30 MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR 94, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



ESTIMATED STAND OF GOVERNMENT TIMBER IN NATIONAL FORESTS OF 



CALIFORNIA 



Species 



Total stand 

 M feet 

 b. m. 



Species 



Total stand 

 M feet 

 b. m. 



Species 



Total stand 

 Mfeet 

 b. m. 



Yellow pine 



Douglas fir__ _______ 



31, 192, 012 

 16, 476, 048 

 14, 461, 403 

 12, 934, 782 

 11,655,089 

 4, 404, 971 



Lodgepole pine 



2, 634, 906 



1, 925, 605 

 258, 147 

 165, 375 

 151, 681 

 75, 211 



Coulter pine 



Miscellaneous spe- 



30, 000 



White fir 





150, 583 



Red fir 



Bigcone spruce 



White pine _ _ 



Total 



Sugar pine 



96, 515, 813 



Incense cedar 



Hemlock 











Cordwood, 26,414,739 cords. 



TIMBER CUT IN CALIFORNIA, 1924 



[United States census] 



Region 



Total cut 



Value of lum- 

 ber product 



Pine 



M feet b. m. 



i 1, 305, 823 



690, 929 



$42, 338, 452 



Redwood 



20, 539, 326 







1 304,427 M feet b. m., cut from national forests; value in the tree, $912,000; approximate value of lumber 

 product, $9,700,000. 



PRODUCTION OF LUMBER IN CALIFORNIA, 1 1923 AND 1924 



[United States census] 



Number of mills 

 reporting 



Lumber cut 2 (M feet 

 b. m.) 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 or decrease 



1923 



1924 



1923 



1924 



214 



181 



2,118,094 



1,996,496 -5.7 



1 Includes a small amount of lumber cut in western Nevada. 



2 Not including production of mills cutting less than 50,000 feet. 



CONSUMPTION OF LUMBER IN CALIFORNIA, 1920, 1922, 1923, AND 1924 



Year 



Total con- 

 sumption » 



Per capita 

 consump- 

 tion 1 



1920. _- 



Mfeet b. m. 

 2, 174, 517 

 3, 248, 572 

 4, 288, 705 

 3, 579, 755 



Feet b. m. 

 625 



1922 



865 



1923 _ 



1, 105 



1924 _ 



860 







1 Domestic lumber only. The inclusion of lumber imported from foreign countries 

 would raise the stated per capita consumption by 25 feet in 1924 and an average of 10 

 feet in previous years. The total per capita consumption of the United States, including 

 imports, was 285 feet in 1922, 330 feet in 1923, 310 feet in 1924, and 325 feet in 1925. 



GRAZING, NATIONAL FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA 



Area of grazing land, acres 11, 389, 000 



Average number of stock grazed : 



Cattle and horses 207, 129 



Sheep and goats - 506,000 



Total 713,129 



