CONTENTS 



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Introduction 3 



Forest regions 3 



Original forests 3 



Present forests 6 



Stumpage estimates 8 



Yellow pine 8 



Douglas fir 8 



^Tiite pine 8 



Hemlock 9 



Spruce 9 



Western pine 9 



Cypress 9 



Redwood 10 



Western cedar 10 



Western firs 10 



Sugar pine 10 



Other conifers 10 



Hardwoods 12 



Forest ownership 12 



Forest products 14 



Lumber 15 



Shingles 20 



Lath 20 



Firewood 20 



Poles, posts, and rails 20 



Hewed cross-ties 21 



Pulpwood 21 



Cooperage stock 21 



Tanbark and extracts 22 



Pound mine timbers - 22 



Naval stores 22 



Miscellaneous products 23 



The future supply 23 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Fig. 1. Forest regions 4 



2. Public forest lands 11 



3. Forest products in 1907 14 



4. Lumber cut by species, 1907 15 



5. Lumber cut by States, 1907 16 



6. Relative lumber production of ten States, 1880 and 1907 17 



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