SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES 



Contents 



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Summary of survey findings 1 



Land use 1 



Forest land 1 



Timber volume 2 



Forest growth 2 



Forest industries 2 



Forest growth and commodity drain 2 



Measures for safeguarding forest production ..... 3 



Physical environment of the State 4 



Physiographic divisions 4 



Climate 8 



The social and economic setting 9 



Population 9 



Agriculture 9 



Manufacturing industries 12 



Forests and cropland abandonment 12 



Value of farm woodlands 13 



Forests and water resources 14 



Multiple use of forests 15 



Agencies for the solution of land use problems . ... 15 



Characteristics of the forest 18 



Origin of the present forest 18 



Forest area 18 



Forest-land ownership 18 



Forest types. 19 



Loblolly pine type 19 



Shortleaf pine type 20 



Longleaf pine type 20 



Bottom-land hardwood type 21 



Upland hardwood type 22 



Forest conditions 23 



Sawlog-size condition 23 



Under-sawlog-size condition 24 



Site quality 26 



Stocking 27 



Timber volume 29 



Board-foot volume of saw timber 29 



Volume by species 29 



Volume by condition class 31 



Volume by tree size and density class 32 



Cordwood volume 34 



Volume by class of material 34 



Volume by diameter class 35 



Cubic-foot volume 36 



Poles 37 



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Forest industries 38 



Production of forest commodities 38 



Lumber 39 



Distribution of lumber 42 



Veneer 42 



Pulp and paper 43 



Naval stores 43 



Miscellaneous industries 44 



Fuel wood and miscellaneous farm products ... 44 



Employment in forest industries 45 



Forest growth and commodity drain 47 



Forest growth 47 



Growth in board feet 48 



Growth in cubic feet 49 



Net growth per acre 49 



Commodity drain 49 



Drain on sawlog material 49 



Drain on sound trees 50 



Commodity drain in relation to growing stock .... 51 



Measures for increasing forest production 54 



Building upgrowth capacity 54 



The main objective 54 



Better utilization of forest products 55 



Expanding the production of small commodities. . 55 



Mill and woods refuse for pulp 56 



Integration of wood-using industries 56 



Better use of portable sawmills 56 



Public participation in forest-land management. ... 56 



Extension of forest-fire control 57 



Controlling diseases and insects 57 



Technical assistance to timberland owners. ... 58 



Provisions for more tree planting stock 58 



Equitable forest taxation 58 



Establishing a forest credit system 59 



Public regulation of forest practices 59 



Federal standards of forest management .... 60 



Public forests for South Carolina 60 



Forest research 60 



Information service 60 



Literature cited 62 



Appendix 63 



Survey methods 63 



Increment 63 



Forest industries and commodity drain 63 



