Figure 31. — In 1938 about 15! fiOO pine poles were delivered to Portsmouth and Norfolk, la., and Wilmington, N. C. 



Tanning Material 



Chestnut wood, chestnut oak bark, and hemlock bark 

 used in the manufacture of tanning extract are cut only 

 in the forests of the mountain region. Practically all of 

 the chestnut trees are dead, but still usable for extract. 

 The total amount of sound chestnut wood is about 11.7 

 million cords (table 21), but not all of it will be available 

 to extract plants. Stumpage prices are higher lor chestnut 

 saw timber than for extract wood; timber owners will en- 

 deavor to sell most of the 2.6 million cords of chestnut 

 sawlogs to sawmill operators. Furthermore, about 



625,000 cords of the nonsawlog material is in scattered 

 trees in the pine stands and is probably economically 

 unavailable. Experts familiar with the region estimate 

 that about 60 percent of the remaining 8.5 million cords 

 can be utilized. Extract plants have, therefore, a reserve 

 supply of about 5 million cords, which will either be con- 

 sumed within the next 10 to 15 years or largely lost through 

 decay. 8 The distribution of the chestnut timber is 

 indicated in figure 32. 



8 In this connection it may be of interest to refer to Forest Prod. Lab. 

 Tech. Note 224, a utilization guide for blight-killed chestnut. 

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Table 20. — Total number of pine poles 1 bv length and tree-diameter class, 1938 



Tree-diameter class (inches) 



20 feet 



25 feet 



30 feet 



35 feet 



40 feet 



45 feet or 

 over 



All lengths 



7 to 8.9 



1,000 poles 

 13. 140 

 9,074 

 2,625 



165 



1,000 poles 



3,228 



4,184 



2,608 



673 



43 



1,000 poles 



1.173 



2,650 



2,021 



986 



154 



1,000 poles 



1,000 poles 



1,000 poles 



1,000 poles 

 17,541 

 16. 973 

 8,860 

 3,164 



Percent 



37.1 



9 to 10.9 



843 

 998 

 846 

 192 

 3 



192 

 378 

 302 

 163 

 12 



30 

 230 

 192 

 168 



28 



35.9 



11 to 12.9 



13 to 14.9 



IS. 7 

 6.7 



15tol6.9 _ ._ _ . 



720 1.5 



17 to 18.9 





43 ' .1 













Total _ ... 



25,004 

 \ Percent 

 [ 52.9 



10, 736 

 Percent 

 22.7 



6,984 

 Percent 



14.7 



2,882 

 Percent 

 6.1 



1,047 

 Percent 

 2. 2 



64S 47,301 ' 





1.4 





100.0 



1 Xo estimate of pole material was made in the mountain region. Includes loblolly, shortleaf, and longleaf pine. 



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