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in North Carolina, 193S. 



Lumber Manufacture 



In 1937 the total lumber production in North Carolina, 

 as reported to the Forest Survey, was 1.56 billion board 

 feet; in 1938 it dropped to 1.44 billion (table 23), and in 

 1939 to 1 billion feet. National-defense orders stimulated 

 lumber production in the latter part of 1940 but the total 

 tor the year was only 1.3 billion feet. 



The 2,752 sawmills (fig. 35) operating in 1938 have been 

 grouped into four classes on the basis of production per 

 10-hour day. The 2,588 small portables or "ground 

 mills," equipped with circular saws only, have a cutting 

 capacity of less than 10 M board feet per day and an 

 average production of less than 500 M feet per year (fig. 

 36). They are characteristically underpowered, utilizing 

 old automobile engines, or small Diesel, gasoline, or steam 

 units. The rough lumber they produce is trucked from 

 the woods to concentration vards for finishing and final 

 distribution. Such mills dominate the industry in the 



Table 23. — Xumher of mills and lumber production, by region and specie 

 group, 1037 and J03S 



Year and rp?ion 



Mills 



Hard- 

 Softwood '; wood 

 production produc- 

 tion 



Total prod 



uction 



1937: 



Coastal Plain 



Piedmont. . .. 



Nil mber 



800 



1,600 



642 



3.042 



M board M board 



feet feet 



597.400 ! 91,200 



547. 200 77. 200 



56,400 ! 190,600 



M board 

 feet 



688, 600 

 624, 400 

 247, 000 



Percent 

 44 

 40 

 16 







Total 



1.201,000 , 359,000 



1, 560, 000 



ion 







1938: ' 



Coastal Plain 



765 



1.417 



570 



594, 700 72, 800 

 516. 500 61, 600 

 54. 100 ; 139, 300 



667, 500 

 578, 100 

 193, 400 



46 

 40 





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Total 



2, 752 



1, 165. 300 273, 700 



1,439,000 



100 



1 Compiled from data obtained cooperatively with the Bureau of the 

 Census for mills cutting more than 50 M board feet per yeir. 



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