Production of forest pulpwood is usually an in- 
dividual enterprise of farmers and local woodsmen. 
With few exceptions the producers haul the pulp- 
wood to market by truck, and production is com- 
monly restricted to areas within 40 or 50 miles of 
the pulp mills. Production increased considerably 
for 2 or 3 years after 1930, when unemployment 
among woods workers was at its height. Since 
then it has declined and the data for 1930 are prob- 
ably representative of the average forest pulpwood 
production of recent years. 
Other Minor Timber Products 
Of the poles and piling produced in the region 
in 1930, as given in table 15, western Washington’s 
annual production was three times that of western 
Oregon. Well over half the total was Douglas-fir, 
and nearly all the remainder western redcedar 
poles. 
Veneer-block and shingle-bolt production during 
1930 is shown in table 16. Practically all the veneer 
blocks were Douglas-fir. All the shingle bolts were 
western redcedar, and 80 percent of them were 
produced in the north Puget Sound unit. There 
was no reported production of veneer blocks or 
shingle bolts in western Oregon in 1930. This ap- 
parently means that western Oregon’s veneer 
plants and shingle mills operated on logs exclusively. 
The production of hewed ties, excelsior bolts, and 
mine timbers in 1930 is given in table 17. All the 
hewed ties produced in western Washington in 1930 
TABLE 16.—Production of veneer blocks and shingle bolts, during 
7930, by forest-survey unit and species } 
[In thousands board feet, log scale—i. e. 000 omitted] 
Veneer blocks 
% | Shingle 
Forest-survey unit a Nore: Other B ols 
Doug, ae black | hard Total |redeedar 
cotton- |} woods 
wood 
North:Puget:Sound |) 2) 200"|2- 25.222 10 | 2,210 8, 000 
Central Puget Sound-| 11, 060 150 700 100 | 12,010 1, 750 
South Puget Sound__| 10,025 |. --____ 200 108 )3])103330) |e 
Grays Harbor_______ 1, 000 550) (Hasse BS ree eed 1, 550 250 
Columbia River_____|-_-_-___|__-___- eee, eee | Pape pal eee el | eI 
otal 24, 285 700 900 215 | 26, 100 10, 000 
1 No production of veneer blocks and shingle bolts was reported for 
1930 in western Oregon. All material was cut from trees of saw-timber 
size. 
TasLe 17.—Production of hewed ties, excelsior bolts, and mine 
tumbers during 1930, in cubic feet of solid wood by forest-survey 
unit and species 
Excelsior bolts, 
Hewed ties, Mine tim- 
Forest-survey unit Douglas- pees bers, Doug- 
cotton- a 
fir wood las-fir 
Western Washington: M cubic feet| M cubic feet | M cubic feet 
North Puget Sound________ AA) Loe auntie z 82 
Central Puget Sound ______ 113 180 699 
South Puget Sound__.______ Big | es eee eens a 200 
Grays Harbor: --.--: 222. Ee BE: a eer | [ancy oh 
Columbia River____________ 23 =i 
Totals: teat aS 230 180 981 
Western Oregon: 
Columbia*River.2 2. - 2.2. |e. 2-22 eee il ee ee ee See 
Willamette River___________]__ seseus bee 180 69 
iNorthyOregon:coast---- 2002s cee eee | 
South Oregon coast_________ 2 0 eS oe 2 29 
WimpquayRivers 252s wales sees eros | ee ee 
Rogue'River= ==. ==- 222-22 Bate eke a acre: NE Se eee 
Ota eee Wee ie ns re 1 42 225 98 
Eos 
Regionitotali «21 veh 272 | 405 1,079 
1 Port Orford white-cedar. 
were reported as Douglas-fir and all those in west- 
ern Oregon as Port Orford white-cedar. Excelsior 
bolts, produced in the central Puget Sound unit in 
Washington and the Willamette River and Colum- 
bia River units in Oregon, were all reported to be 
of northern black cottonwood. All the mine tim- 
bers produced were reported as Douglas-fir, and 
most of them were cut in the central Puget Sound 
unit, where coal mining is an important industry. 
It was difficult to obtain accurate data on post 
production, since approximately 85 percent of all 
posts produced are cut either by individual farm- 
ers for their own use or by small operators. In 
the totals for 1930, as reported in table 18, nearly 
equal quantities were produced in western Ore- 
gon and in western Washington, nearly all of them 
of western red cedar. 
Fire depletion 
Trees killed directly by fire and not salvaged 
usually constitute but a small percentage of the 
annual depletion of saw-timber volume in the 
Douglas-fir region. This percentage, however, is 
not the full measure of the destructiveness of fire; 
unfortunately, fire reduces future timber supplies 
