ships of 1,(XX) acres or less of forest land, and large private, 



those of more than 1,000 acres: 



Percent 



Large private 13 



Small private 15 



Total private. 



National forest. 



State 



Other public. . . 



28 



61 



7 

 4 



lotal public. 

 Cirand total . 



72 



KMi 



Commercial Forest Area 



As shown below, the national forests comprise a larger 

 share of the 6.9 million acres ot commercial forest land 

 than is held by any other class of owner. It is significant, 

 in this region where large concerns produce most ot the 

 lumber, that only 17 percent ot the commercial forest area 

 is classified as large private: 



Large private. 

 Small private. 



I otal private 



National forest. 



State 



Other public . . . 



Percen! 

 17 



22 



39 



Total public . 

 Grand total . . . 



61 



UK) 



Commercial Satv-Timl>cr Area 



National forests include 45 percent ot the commercial 

 saw-timber area, which is little ditfcrcnt trom the corre- 

 sponding percentage tor all commercial forest acreage 

 given above. It will be noted, however, in the following 



FOREST OUUnERSMIP 



AREA 

 ALL FOREST 



VOLUME 

 WESTERN WHITE PINE 



FlianE 18.- U'hilf the private forest area is little more than a i/uarter oj the 

 vhole, it contains nearly half oj the most laluaMe limber. 



tabulation, that the relative importance ot the small 

 private and other public owners has declined and that the 

 proportionate representation of the large private and State 



owners has increased: 



Percent 



Larsie private 24 



Small private 14 



Total privat< 



National tore^' 



State 



Other public 



Total public 



Grand total 



Imi 



The factor of quality is apparent again when densities of 

 commercial saw-timber stands are compared. The average 

 acre ot large private saw timber bears 18 M board feet as 

 compared with 14 M feet in national-forest saw-timber 

 stands. Differences in value due to species composition 

 are equally great. For example, more than half {^S per- 

 cent) of the large private commercial saw-timber area is 

 western white pine type, whereas 38 percent of the 

 national-forest saw-timber area is ot this type. Onlv 11 

 percent of the small private saw-timber area is western 

 white pine type. 

 IVestertj IV kite Pine Saa-Timber Volume 



Who owns the western white pine saw timber? This is 

 the ownership question ot greatest interest to the present- 

 day lumber industry. Even though the national forests 

 include 61 percent ot the total forest area, they contain 

 only 36 percent of this western white pine volume. How- 

 ever, as the State owns 1.8 billion board feet, 55 percent ot 

 the commercial western white pine is publiclv owned. 

 .A total ot 41 percent is owned by those concerns and indi- 

 viduals collectively grouped as large private (tig. 18). 

 The present commercial importance of the small private 

 holdings is indeed small, as they account tor but 4 percent 

 of the western white pine volume. The proportion of 

 western white pine held bv each ownership class is as 



follows: 



Percent 

 Large private .... 41 



Small private . 4 



Total private 



National forest 

 State 

 Other publii 



Total public 



45 



IS 

 1 



55 



(iraiul total \W 



It IS significant that the St.itc and the large private- 

 owners which hold only two-tenths of all forest area own 

 six-tenths ot the western white pine volvime. 



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