REGION 
DOUGLAS -FIR 
BIELIONS. OF “BOARD: PRET 
WESTERN WASHINGTON 
fe) 
1926 1928 
1930 
1932 1934 1936 
Ficure 21.—From 1925 to 1936 lumber production of the Douglas-fir region, although fiuctuating considerably in volume, remained constant in 
its relation to national cut, never falling below 25 percent or exceeding 30 percent of lumber production for the United States as a whole 
Loggers and manufacturers of this region also buy 
and sell logs in British Columbia, but compared 
with the total sawlog consumption, the quantities 
are not large (table 29). Practically all the im- 
ported logs are brought into the Puget Sound 
district. 
The volume of Douglas-fir log exports is com- 
paratively insignificant, amounting to about 0.5 
percent of the annual production, and during the 
Tas Le 29.—Logs imported! from British Columbia to Douglas- 
fir region (Scribner rule), stated years 
Species 1929 1931 1933 1935 1937 
M board|M board|M board|M board|M board 
feet feet | feet feet feet 
Wouglas-firs 2. £22 se ee 119, 411 | 92,711 | 77,850 | 40, 275 18, 757 
Western redcedar==_.- 7-22 30, 250 | 23, 100 | 37,414 | 23,265 | 25, 111 
Western hemiock__--________ 16,990 | 35,568 | 4,319 | 30,406 | 53,594 
Allliothens22s-2-aseoe see a= 5, 560 1,223 | 2,483) 2,736 | 10,214 
otal: ak 20 set ei aes: 172, 211 |152, 602 |122,066 | 96,682 | 107, 676 
1 Data based on reports from Pacific Northwest Loggers Association. 
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period 1928-37 (table 30), except in three of the 
years, was more than balanced by imports from 
British Columbia. A large part of the exports, 
however, 1s in “‘peeler’’ logs, amounting to a signifi- 
cant part of the total peeler log production. Most 
of the log exports go to Japan, China, and Aus- 
tralia. 
exported do not at present materially influence 
local supplies, except for a few preblem species. 
In addition, considerable quantities of large sawed 
timbers, “‘Jap squares,”’ are exported to the Orient 
for remanufacture (fig. 22). 
The quantities of Port Orford white-cedar logs 
exported, practically all to Japan, are a significant 
part of the total production of the species. During 
the 9-year period 1925-33, the total average annual 
production of Port Orford cedar sawlogs was slightly 
less than 50 million board feet, log scale. For the 
last 6 of these years the Port Orford white-cedar log 
exports averaged about 17}4 million feet annually, 
or roughly a third of total production. In some 
From a regional standpoint the quantities 
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