Table 25. — Average net 



per acre in South Carolina, by condition class and region, 1936 

 SAW-TIMBER TREES 





Sawlog size 



Under- 

 sawlog 



All conditions 



Survey unit 



Old 

 growth. 



Old 

 growth, 

 partly cut 



Second 

 growth 



All 

 species 



Pines 



Hard- 

 woods 



Southern Coastal Plain 



Board 

 Jeet 

 167 

 179 

 115 



163 



Percent 

 23 

 77 



Board 



feet 



87 



135 



114 



118 



Percent 

 32 

 68 



Board 

 feet 

 164 

 228 

 196 



200 



Percent 

 77 

 23 



Board 

 feet 

 37 

 58 

 74 



58 



Percent 

 86 

 14 



Board 

 feet 

 107 

 149 

 129 



131 



Percent 

 71 

 59 



Percent 



60 



71 

 79 



Percent 



Northern Coastal Plain 



29 





21 



State: 



All species 



29 



Pines 





Hardwoods 















ALL SOUND TREES 



Southern Coastal Ph 

 Northern Coastal PI 



Piedmont 



State: 



All species 



Pines 



Hardwoods 



Cubic 

 feet 

 31.5 

 25.7 

 18.3 



Cubic 

 feet 

 23.6 

 28.1 

 26.9 



Percent 

 28 

 72 



Cubic 



Cubic 



feet 



feet 



33.3 



15.1 



44.2 



19.8 



50.3 



37.6 



42.8 



24.7 



Percent 



Percent 



69 



73 



31 



27 



Cubic 

 feet 

 25.1 

 31.6 



Percent 

 65 



averaged 418 million board feet, nearly half of which 

 was for lumber, a fifth for fuel wood, a fifth for ve- 

 neer, and the remainder for pulpwood and other 

 products. 



Comparing the State-wide drain on sawlog-size 

 material (table 26), the volume dropped slightly be- 

 low the 1936 level in 1938 but rose appreciably in 

 1940. Presumably, the war imposed greater drains 

 in succeeding years. The lumber drain alone totaled 

 787 million board feet in 1936, 624 million board feet 

 in 1938, and 875 million in 1940. A reclassification 

 of veneer products, which now assigns sawn crating 

 produced at veneer plants to lumber, has caused an 

 apparent drop in veneer consumption; war demands 

 for plywood and crating material, however, probably 

 increased production materially. 



Drain on Sound Trees 



The annual drain on all sound trees 5 inches d. b. 

 h. and larger averaged 307 million cubic feet during 

 the 5-year period (table 27), equivalent to from 3 to 

 3-3^ million cords annually, including bark. Lum- 

 ber production took 45 percent (pines 35, hardwoods 

 10 percent) and fuel wood 33 percent (more than 

 half pine). The fuel wood drain was particularly 



-Commodity drain from South Carolina Jorests 

 1936, 1938, and 1940 



Commodity 



Saw 



log mate 



ial 



All materia 



1 



Pines 



1-1 



All 

 species 



Pines 



Hard- 

 woods 



All 

 species 



Lumber: 

 1936 



Million 

 board feet 

 601.4 

 442.7 

 630.7 



14.3 

 9.7 

 7.1 



5.5 

 101.1 

 178.6 



151.7 

 152.1 

 164.8 



66.7 

 67.8 

 58.6 



Million 



board feet 



185.9 



244.2 



85.4 

 89.0 

 80.4 



1.0 

 2.6 

 8.3 



93.6 

 86.1 

 88.9 



37.7 

 41.5 

 36.2 



Million 

 board feet 

 787.3 

 623.9 

 874.9 



99.7 



87!5 



6.5 

 103.7 

 186.9 



245.3 

 238.2 

 253.7 



104.4 

 109.3 

 94.8 



Million 

 cubicfeet 

 116.04 

 85.14 

 123.04 



2.59 

 1.78 

 1.33 



2.51 

 25.72 

 42.95 



57.26 

 57.70 

 61.51 



16.51 

 16.43 

 14.67 



Million 

 cubicfeet 

 29.04 

 28.52 

 38.58 



13.40 

 14.10 



12.80 



.83 

 1.40 

 4.34 



37.39 

 41.18 

 42.36 



7.76 

 7.81 

 6.68 



Million 

 cubicfeet 

 145.08 





113.66 



1940 



Veneer: 



1936 



1938 



161.62 

 15.99 



1940 



14.13 



Pulpwood: 

 1936. 



3.34 



1938 



27.12 



1940 



47.29 



1936 



94.65 



1938 



98.88 



1940 



Others: 



1936 



1938 



103.87 



24.27 

 24.24 



1940 



21.35 







Total: 



1936 



839.6 



773.4 



1,039.8 



403.6 

 400.4 



458.0 



1.243,2 

 1,173.8 

 1.497.8 



194.91 

 186.77 

 243.50 



88.42 

 93.01 

 104.76 



283.33 



1938 



279.78 



1940 



348.26 



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