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slightly on the assumption that closer utilization 

 of timber removed in logging may be largely 

 offset by timber losses in timber stand improve- 

 ment and land clearing operations. 



Softwoods Made Up 71 Percent 

 of Total Cut in 1962 



Western softwoods made up 41 percent of the 

 total growing stock cut in 1962, eastern softwoods 



30 percent, and hardwoods 29 percent (table 49). 

 Southern yellow pines represented the most 

 important species group, accounting for 24 percent 

 of the total cut. Douglas-fir accounted for 

 another 20 percent, oaks 12 percent, and ponderosa 

 and Jeffrey pines 6 percent. 



In terms of sawtimber, western softwoods were 

 of somewhat greater relative importance, account- 

 ing for 55 percent of the total cut in 1962. 

 Douglas-fir made up 27 percent of the total. 



Table 50. — Timber cut from growing stock and sawtimber, by product and species group, 1962 



Product 



All species 



Softwoods 



Hardwoods 



^ 



Total 



Eastern 



Western 





GROWING STOCK— MILLION CUBIC FEET 



Roundwood products: 



Saw logs - - -_ - 



4,936 



725 



2,353 



29 



25 



92 



79 



40 



115 



3,947 



579 



1,725 



4 



22 



92 



41 



7 



37 



1,245 



3 



1,385 



4 



19 



76 



34 



4 



14 



2,702 



576 



340 







3 



16 



7 



3 



23 



989 



Veneer logs and bolts 



146 



Pulpwood- 



628 



Cooperage 



25 



Piling . 



3 



Poles -- 



(') 



Posts _ - 



38 



Mine timbers _ . ____ 



33 



Other industrial . . 



78 







Total industrial wood 



8,394 



6,454 



2,784 



3,670 



1,940 







Fuelwood . _. 



517 



93 



81 



12 



424 







Total roundwood _ . _ 



2 8,911 



6,547 



2,865 



3,682 



2,364 







Logging residues 



1,237 



644 



187 



457 



593 



Total timber cut- . . .. _ 



10,148 



7,191 



3,052 



4,139 



2,957 







SAWTIMBER— MILLION BOARD FEET 



Roundwood products: 



Saw logs . 



31,018 



5,020 



7,167 



195 



128 



510 



150 



65 



514 



24,859 



4,047 



4,967 



20 



115 



509 



78 



18 



197 



6,760 

 19 



2,644 

 20 

 96 

 416 

 48 

 12 

 40 



18,099 

 4,028 

 2,323 

 __- 



93 



30 



6 



157 



6,159 



Veneer logs and bolts . _ 



973 



Pulpwood 



Cooperage- _ 



2,200 



175 



Piling- _ -- - ._ -- - 



13 



Poles --- - - .. --- 



1 



Posts - - -_ 



72 



Mine timbers 



Other industrial 



47 

 318 







Total industrial wood - 



44,768 



34,810 



10,055 



24,755 



9,958 







Fuelwood 



809 



133 



56 



77 



676 







Total roundwood _ - _ - _ _ 



45,577 



34,943 



10,111 



24,832 



10,634 







Logging residues 



2,824 



1,805 



176 



1,629 



1,019 







Total timber cut _ 



48,401 



36,748 



10,287 



26,461 



11,653 







1 Less than 0.5 million cubic feet. 



2 Not including 1.4 billion cubic feet from nongrowing 



744-350 O — 65 (j 



stock sources, and the equivalent of 1.6 billion cubic feet 

 of plant byproducts. 



