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STUMP AGE ESTIMATES. 



It is impossible with the data now at hand to make close estimates 

 of the stumpage of the principal species, but Table 3 gives the best 

 guesses that can be hazarded under the circumstances. In the table, 

 the species are arranged in the order of total stands, while in the dis- 

 cussion that follows the order is that of present lumber production. 



Table 3. — Stumpage estimates. 



Species. 



Douglas fir 



Southern yellow pine. . . 



Western yellow pine 



Eedwood 



Westeim hemlock 



Western cedar 



Lodgepole pine 



White and Norway pine 

 Eastern hemlock 



Species. 



Western spruce 

 Eastern spruce. 



Westerners 



Sagar pine 



Cypress 



other conifers.. 

 Hardwoods 



Total.... 



Billion 

 board 



feet. 



50 

 50 

 30 

 20 

 100 

 500 



2,500 



YELLOW PINE. 



The total stand of yellow pine in the Southern States may be 350 

 billion feet. The cut in 1907 was about 13 billion feet. Many of the 

 large operators say that they will cut out their supplies within the 

 next fifteen years at the present rate of sawing. The center of yellow- 

 pine production has moved westward rapidly in recent years. Georgia 

 was the leading State in 1900, with nearly 12 per cent of the total out- 

 put of yellow-pine lumber, while in 1907 it ranked ninth, with an 

 absolute decrease in cut of nearly 500 million feet over 1900. In 1907 

 Louisiana ranked first, with nearly 18 per cent of the total; Texas 

 second, with more than 16 per cent; and Mississippi third, with nearly 

 13 per cent. 



DOUGLAS Fm. 



The total stand of Douglas fir, the bulk of which is in Oregon and 

 Washington, is probably not less than 525 billion feet. It is the prin- 

 cipal timber tree of the Pacific coast, is abundant in Idaho and Mon- 

 tana, and occurs in some quantity throughout much of the Rocky 

 Mountain region. The annual cut now is about 4f billion feet. The 

 output of Douglas fir will increase rapidly in the near future if the 

 market conditions are such as to encourage operations in the many 

 large holdings of virgin timber in Oregon and Washington. 



WHITE PINE. 



The total stand of white pine and Norway pine in the Eastern and 

 Lake States is perhaps 75 biUion feet. The greatest white-pine pro- 



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