NORTH CAROLINA FOREST RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES 



Contents 



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 Summary of Survey findings 1 



The State: its environment and resources 3 



Physical environment ..." . 3 



Natural resources 5 



Social and industrial conditions 6 



Population and employment 6 



Agriculture 



Manufacturing 8 



Power 9 



Transportation 10 



Land use 10 



Agriculture 11 



Forest-land use 12 



Forest-land ownership 13 



The forest resource 16 



Past and present importance 16 



Forest description 17 



Species 17 



Forest types 18 



Forest conditions 22 



Age of stands 23 



Site quality 24 



Stocking 25 



Forest fires 26 



The volume of the forest resource 28 



Board-foot volume 28 



Volume by species 28 



Volume by diameter class 30 



Volumes per acre 31 



Cordwood volume 33 



Volume by class of material 33 



Volume by diameter class 34 



Volume per acre 34 



Cubic-foot volume ' 35 



Pine poles 35 



Tanning material 36 



The forest-products industries 38 



The lumber industry 39 



Logging 40 



Lumber manufacture 41 



Value of lumber 43 



Distribution of lumber 43 



Other forest-products industries 43 



Veneer 43 



Pulp 45 



Tanning extract 46 



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The forest-products industries — Continued. 



Other forest-products industries — Continued. 



Dimension stock 



Fuel wood 



Minor products 



Summary 



Employment 



Forest increment and commodity drain 



Forest increment 



Diameter growth 



Net increment per acre 



Net board-foot increment 



Net increment of the totai stand 



Commodity drain 



Saw-timber drain 



Total drain from sound trees 



Comparison of increment with drain 



Saw-timber stand 



Total stand 



Change in growing stock, 1937-41 



Opportuniti-es for increasing utility of the forest resource . 

 Develop the forest stand 



Increase volume 



Improve quality 



Improve harvesting methods 



Protect the forest 



Fire 



Disease 



Insects 



Improve timber utilization 



Utilization of hardwoods 



Small wood-products plants 



Integrated industries 



Portable sawmills 



Low-grade pine tor pulp 



High-quality timber for special products .... 



Increased use of chestnut 



Standardized log grades 



Marketing of forest products 



Expand public ownership 



Intensify research 



Permanent forests for North Carolina 



Public regulation 



Private action 



County action 



State action 



Federal action 



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