Table 5- — Current annual growth and drain, 



1936 









Saw timber and cordwood 



Saw timber 



Region 



Growth 



Drain 



Ratio, 

 drain to 

 growth 



Growth 



Drain 



Ratio, 

 drain to 

 growth 



Saw tim- 

 ber cut 



for 

 lumber 



Northeastern 



Central - 



Million 



cubic feet 



1,260 



568 



979 



Million 



cubic feet 



1,370 



907 



983 



1.1 

 1.6 

 1.0 



MiUion 



feet board 



measure 



2,625 



978 



1,850 



Million 



feet board 



measure 



2.468 



1,781 



2,420 



0.9 

 1.8 

 1.3 



Million 

 feet board 

 measure 

 978 

 469 



Lake. . . __ 



1,307 







South: 



Coastal Plain. . 



1,626 



2, 143 



893 



478 



1,355 



1,691 



1,812 



1,487 



573 



1,126 



1.0 

 .8 

 1.7 

 1.2 

 .8 



5,645 

 6,841 

 1,810 

 1,278 

 4,829 



6,705 

 6, 550 

 3,908 

 1,846 

 4,633 



1.2 

 1.0 

 2.2 

 1.4 

 1.0 



3,532 



Piedmont. ______ . 



4,128 





1,723 



Delta 



964 



Pine-hardwoods — west 



2,930 



Total 



6, 495 



6,689 



1.0 



20, 403 



23, 642 



1.2 



13,277 



Columbia River Basin: 

 West coast. - 



917 



717 



1,833 

 1,016 



2.0 

 1.4 



2,739 



2,508 



9, 550 

 4,714 



3.5 

 1.9 



6,772 



Interior . 



2,831 







Total. _ 



1,634 



2.849 



1.7 



5,247 



14, 264 



2.7 



9,603 







California ... ______ __ 



155 

 196 



501 

 164 



3.2 



.8 



414 

 516 



2,649 

 584 



6.4 

 1.1 



1,647 



South Rocky Mountain 



422 





















11, 287 



13, 463 



1.2 



32, 033 



47, 808 



1.5 



27, 703 







Compiled by the Division of Forest Economics, Forest Service. 



Table 6. — Per capita annual timber consumption in European countries, 1913 and 1928-29 (jn equivalents 



of standing timber) 



Country 



Saw timber l 



All timber 



1913 



1928-29 



1913 



1928-29 



Finland 2 



Cubic feet 

 48.0 

 35.3 

 35.3 

 16.2 

 14.1 

 10.6 

 10.2 

 20.1 

 72.4 

 55.1 

 16.6 

 30.0 

 21.9 

 17.7 

 25.8 

 20.8 



Cubic feet 

 102.4 

 51.2 

 38.1 

 19.4 

 18.4 

 11.3 

 10.2 

 20.5 

 64.6 

 37.4 

 18.0 

 24.7 

 20.8 

 8.5 

 23.7 

 19.4 



Cubic feet 

 221 A 

 70.6 

 70.6 

 31.1 

 26.5 

 26.1 

 20.8 

 20.8 

 185.0 

 116.5 

 40.6 

 38.8 

 37.4 

 35.3 

 32.5 

 23.3 



Cubic feet 



245.8 



Latvia 2 _ . 



99.6 



Estonia . 



98.2 





36.4 





28.6 



France .. . 



26.8 



Poland -. 



21.9 





20.8 



Sweden . . _. .... 



162.8 





71.3 





37.1 





32.5 





34.6 





10.6 





30.0 





21.5 







1 Saw timber includes all classes of wood except firewood. 



2 Large apparent increase in saw-timber consumption in Finland explained by better statistics in 1928-29. 

 Part of increase in Latvia also results from better statistics. 



3 Abnormally low consumption in 1928-29 due to disturbed conditions. 



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