FOREST RESOURCES OF THE NORTH-LOUISIANA DELTA 



Forest Products Industries 



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IN 1934 the north-Louisiana deha supported 59 

 forest industrial plants within its boundaries 

 (fig. 8). Of these, 40 were sawmills. Of the 

 19 other wood-products plants, 10 produced tight- 

 cooperage stock, 3 produced slack-cooperage stock, 

 2 were veneer mills, 2 were small shingle mills, 1 was 

 a pulp mill, and 1 a specialty plant. In addition, 4 

 sawmills, 3 veneer plants, 1 slack-cooperage plant, 

 and 1 specialty plant located outside the survey 

 unit were supported in part during 1934 by timber 

 cut within the unit. Also, 9 sawmills, 4 slack-stave 

 mills, 3 veneer plants, and 1 pulp mill lying still 

 farther away and not shown in figure 8 drew some 

 raw materials from the forests of the unit. 



Lumber Industry 



At the sawmills two distinct general classes of 

 hardwood products are manufactured — industrial 

 lumber and structural material. The former is 

 lumber produced and marketed under standard 

 grades which express the relative utility of the raw 

 material for manufacturing industries, particularly 

 for the manufacture of furniture, fixtures, vehicles, 

 flooring, millwork, and implements. Hardwood 

 sawmills, producing industrial lumber principally 

 are in general of medium size to large (at least 

 15,000 to 20,000 feet capacity per day). They 

 are usually band mills equipped to produce well- 

 manufactured, rough, air-dried lumber. Since the 

 manufacturing industries have always done a ma- 

 jor part of their own kiln-drying, resawing, and 

 surfacing, only a small part of the total production 

 of industrial lumber is subjected to these processes 

 at the sawmill. 



Hardwood structural material is chiefly of two 

 types: (1) Heavy railroad material, including cross 

 ties, car stock, and dock and bridge stock; and (2) 

 common light structural lumber for local and neigh- 



borhood use. Hardwood sawmills producing struc- 

 tural material chiefly are usually of medium size to 

 small (less than 15,000 to 20,000 feet daily capac- 

 ity). They are commonly circular mills and do not 

 have the facilities necessary for the proper edging, 

 trimming, and yarding of their entire output. 



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NOUSTRI£S AND ROUTES 



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PRODUCER OF SLACK- 





COOPERAGE MATERIAL 



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PRODUCER OF TIGHT- 





COOPERAGE MATERIAL 



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LUMBER MILL (2,000 FEET + 





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VENEER PLANT 



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SPECIALTY PLANT 







PULP MILL 



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RAILROADS 



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MOTOR ROAOS 





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-Forest industries and transportation systems in the 

 north-Louisiana delta 



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