Figure 34. — A, Loading pine logs with cros 

 Table 22. — Production and value of forest products, 1938 ' 



Product 



Units pro- 

 Plants duced or 

 used 



Lumber ' 



Veneer 



Cooperage 



Dimension stock. 

 Shingles 



Hewn cross ties 



Poles, piles, and posts. 



Pulp 



Tanning extract 



Fuel wood 4 



Miscellaneous manufacturers 5 . 

 Miscellaneous farm use _ 



Number 

 2.752 

 57 

 10 

 34 

 32 



id board feet 



1.439,000 



110,000 



10, 500 



11, 300 

 S, 100 



Pieces 



708, 700 



159, 400 



Cords 



2 405, 700 



s 186, 100 



5, 773, 000 



14,500 



180, 900 



Value 



Dollars 



26, 239, 000 



5, 105, 600 



209, 500 



564, 300 



162, 700 



466. 700 

 304, 200 



7, 072, 300 



2. 500, 000 



11. 585, 100 



421, 500 



361, 800 



Total. 



2, 920 



54, 992, 700 



1 Lumber production includes sawn ties; obtained cooperatively with the 

 Bureau of the Census. 



2 Chestnut used for pulp is also included with wood used for tanning extract. 



3 Chestnut wood, chestnut oak, and hemlock bark. 



* Includes 16. 600 cords of hardwood distillation wood, and fuel wood pro- 

 duced by farmers for their own use. 



s 4 handle, 9 shuttle block, 3 tobacco basket, 1 insulator pin, and 4 excelsior 

 plants. 



F 394933-394976 



-haul and (B) unloading by hand at sawmill. 



The Lumber Industry 



Since 1905 the reported annual production or lumber 

 has averaged about 1.2 billion board feet lumber tally. 

 The 1914 cut, the largest reported, was 2.2 billion feet, 

 and the smallest was 383 million in 1932 (fig. 33). For 

 the 36-year period 1905-40 the aggregate cut was 44 

 billion board feet, or almost as much as the total volume 

 of saw timber now standing. 



The theoretical capacity of the mills operating in 1938 

 was about 3.5 billion board feet lumber tally, annually 

 computed on the basis of 275 working days of 8 hours 

 each, although many of the smaller mills never operate 

 at capacity for any extended period. If another shift 

 were added, productive capacity would be doubled without 

 operating the several hundred small mills idle in 1938. 

 On the basis of that year's cut ot 1.4 billion feet, it is 

 obvious there was at least 400 percent excess milling 

 capacity. This need not lead to chronic overproduction, 

 however, because the small mills can readily adjust their 

 output to meet changing conditions, many of them ceasing 

 to operate when markets are poor. 



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