occurrence of pole and pile lengths shown (table 16) 

 should be of particular interest to the wood-treating 

 industry and to large consumers of poles and piles, 

 in that it indicates the run of lengths in the forest 

 stands. It should be understood that the saw- 

 timber, cordwood, and cubic volumes of the pole 

 and pile trees given in table 16 have already been 

 included in the previous tables and do not constitute 

 an additional volume item. 



Pulpwood Resources 



From the standpoint of a prospective consumer 

 of pulpwood for the manufacture of kraft paper and 

 similar commodities, it is of interest to consider the 

 total pulping resources expressed in standard cords. 

 The following estimates include all trees of pulping 

 species, such as pines, cypress, gums, magnolias, 

 bays, maples, and other soft hardwoods, 5 inches 

 in diameter and larger, regardless of their suitability 

 for other use. As in the case of poles and piles, these 

 estimates deal with volumes included in previous 

 tables and are not to be added to them. 1 



It is obvious that not all of this material should be 

 used for pulp. Much of it is in trees that are more 

 valuable for saw timber, poles, ties, and other prod- 

 ucts, either immediately, or in the form of growing 



1 A detailed presentation of the volume of material in 

 pulping species is given in the following: Southern Forest 

 Experiment Station, advance information on the 



supply of pulpwood in survey unit no. 1 florida. 



Southern Forest Survey Release 9. 



stock for future supplies. These younger trees 

 should be left untouched except for improvement 

 cuttings. Then, too, a considerable part of the 

 volume is not immediately available for pulping 

 because it is in round slash and longleaf pines that 

 are likely first to be turpentined. Investigators of 

 prospective pulp-mill sites must appreciate, there- 

 fore, that only a part of the volume shown in table 

 17 is free from the competitive requirements of 

 other wood-using industries or can be used for 

 pulpwood without seriously endangering the future 

 timber supply of such industries. 



The most available source of pulpwood is the 

 enormous volume of worked-out turpentined trees 

 in the abandoned turpentine areas, of which there 

 is in this section almost a million acres. These 

 worked-out trees, except in old-growth stands, 

 usually average less than 12 inches in diameter. 

 Trees of this size bearing one face or more are of 

 low value for saw timber, and only a small percent- 

 age is valuable for poles and ties. A heavy propor- 

 tion, therefore, of the timber volume in abandoned 

 turpentine areas may be considered available for 

 conversion into pulpwood. 



In 1934 there were more than 2% million cords in 

 worked-out turpentine pines. It is estimated on a 

 basis of the cups hung during the 6 years prior to 

 1935-36 that the naval stores industry annually 

 adds about 350,000 cords to the present accumula- 

 tion. During 1934 the use of turpentined pines for 

 saw timber, poles, ties, etc., amounted to nearly 

 400,000 cords. More than 250,000 cords of this cut 



Table 17. — Net cordwood volume of pulping species, by quality classes '■ 





Good trees, 

 5-13 inches 



Good trees, 13 inches and 

 larger 



Sound and 

 rotten culls 



All qualit> 





Pulping species group 



Sawlog ma- 

 terial 



Tops and 

 limbs 2 



classes 



Pines: 



Turpentine: 



Round 



Cords 

 11,137.300 

 5, 022, 300 



1, 649, 400 



2. 382. 900 



Cords 

 2, 361, 600 

 2, 088, 600 

 939, 000 

 2, 140, 300 



Cords 

 311,100 

 600, 400 

 246, 900 

 310, 800 



Cords 



48, 600 



31, 300 



11,600 



132, 200 



Cords 

 13, 858, 600 

 7, 742, 600 

 2, 816, 900 

 4, 966, 200 



Percent 

 26. 1 

 14.6 



Working and resting . _ __ _ 



5.3 



Worked out _ . - 



9.3 



Nonturpentine. - __ 



All pines . _ __ _______ __ _ . 





20,191,900 

 5, 450, 000 

 5, 535, 600 



7, 529, 500 

 4, 201, 100 

 2, 717, 200 



1, 469, 200 



2, 223, 500 

 1, 025, 800 



223, 700 



2, 097. 500 



514, 800 



29, 414, 30u 

 13, 972, 100 

 9, 793, 400 



55. 3 

 26.3 



Hardwoods.. . 



18.4 









( 31, 177, 500 



14, 447, 800 



4, 718, 500 



2, 836, 000 



53,179,800 





| Percent 

 { 58.6 



Percent 

 27.2 



Percent 



8.9 



Percent 



5 3 









100.0 



1 These estimates cover volumes included in previous tables and are not to be considered as additional items 

 5 Top stems to a 4-inch minimum for pines; tops and limbs for hardwoods and cypress. 



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