cated will necessarily be gradual, following a considerable increasing.!0 Percentage distribution of the total drain 
period of good management. for 1937 was as follows: 
Percent 
Mortalityie soins soeites sal by sae tatters athe Pee e eg ear 43 
Lam bers rs aa sal its Mee ea eee ee Ss ae aa 
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Lotal Lrain Ruel wood eo eek oe SIRs Sate ee igre ae pp a 21 
Grossities;ipoles; and’ pilesem ue aenn Gs oa nie eee ose eee 4 
Analysis of the 1937 drain of 9.4 million cords from all Veneer andl \cooperage (rig op mci Vaginas ae nee : 
f Sats b P arm Sest 8 ote a2. teh ate Roe rol One ere e re ehy t 2 
causes (fig. 14) discloses the important point that mor- ; 
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tality accounts for 4 million cords, or about twice that Fence posts and miscellaneous. .....-...e:seseceeeerecseceees 1 ae 
charged to lumber or to fuel wood. The fuel wood drain — | 
of almost 2 million cords is one and a half times that of 100 a 
all the remaining five items combined. If fuel wood were Tn 1938, with continued expansion of the pulp and paper industry | 
cut entirely from cull trees and the salvage of industrial in Georgia, pulpwood drain was increased to approximately 400,000 
operations, as could well be done, not only would the com- cond sii] 2° pie Umin any. ands toot tive) esein atest eto ae 
; ; : a rae drain indicates that well over 500,000 cords were taken from the State | 
modity drain be reduced almost 2 million cords a year, : sores : : SOS. 
lene E . : by 9 mills, only two of which are located in Georgia. The indications | 
but condition of the growing stock also would be greatly are that the pulpwood drain for 1940 and 1941 will considerably exceed 
improved. Pulpwood drain is small but is steadily that of 1939. ‘ 
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