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is ‘Saw-Timber Volume 
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i T the time of survey, the net volume of saw timber in 
P A Georgia was 46 billion board feet—the greatest 
‘ . - volume of any of the States in the deep South, and 
_ probably the greatest volume of any State east of the 
_ Mississippi River. This volume is measured by the 
ies International }-inch log rule, which closely approximates 
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Ficure 7.—Relative pine and hardwood saw- 
timber volumes by survey units. Figures in 
parenthesis indicate billions of board feet. 
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Volume Estimates 
green lumber tally. All figures are net, deductions having 
been made for both woods and mill cull—portions of the 
tree which cannot be manufactured into lumber on account 
of fire scars, rot, sweep, crooks, bad knots, or other defects. 
The pines, with loblolly pine predominating, make up 
more than 70 percent of the saw-timber volume; hardwoods, 
including cypress, less than 30 percent (table 12 and fig. 7). 
Central and north-central Georgia include almost three- 
STATE TOTAL 
(45.8 BILLION BOARD FEET ) 
COMBINED 
SOUTH 
(18.5) 
