TREND OF LUMBER PRODUCTION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 



600 



400 



200 



ALL 

 SPECIES 



^ 



1870 



IB80 



1890 



1900 



1910 1920 



YEARS 



1930 



I94'> 



1950 



Figure 8. — Since it hit a low point in 1932, lumber production in New Hampshire has risen steadily. 



a 3-year moving average. 



The curves are based on 



Table 1. — Forest-land area of .New Hampshire, by county, 1948 OlVllSl'shib 





Forest area 



Nonforest 

 area 



Total 



County 



Commer- 

 cial 



Noncom- 

 mercial 



Total 



land 

 area ' 



Belknap ._- _ _.. 



Acres 

 206, 400 

 525, 400 

 389, 700 

 984, 200 

 866, 400 

 442, 300 

 480, 200 

 327, 200 

 179,400 

 281,000 



Acres 



1,500 



9,100 



3,600 



60, 500 



77, 000 



9,300 



3,000 



1,200 



400 



Acres 

 207, 900 

 534, 500 

 393, 300 

 1, 044, 700 

 943, 400 

 451,600 

 483, 200 

 328, 400 

 179, 800 

 281, 000 



Acres 

 48, 700 

 65, 800 

 65, 600 

 123, 300 

 155, 500 

 118,000 

 112,700 

 113,800 



61, 500 



62, 700 



Acres 

 256, 600 



Carroll 



600 300 



Cheshire 



458 900 





1, 168 000 



Grafton 



1 098 900 



Hillsboro 



569 600 



Merrimack 



Rockingham 



595, 900 

 442, 200 

 241, WO 



Sullivan , 



343 700 









Total 



4, 682, 200 



165, 600 



4, 847, 800 



927, 600 



5, 775, 400 



* U. S. Bureau of the Census {10). 



includes public forest land that has been withdrawn 

 from timber use because it is more valuable for recrea- 

 tional use, and unproductive forest land such as upper 

 mountain slopes above the the range of commercial 

 timber growth.* 



' This and other Forest Survey terms are defined in the 

 appendix. 



Most of the commercial forest land in New Hamp- 

 shire (85 percent) is held by private owners. The 

 rest is owned by Federal, State, and local public 

 agencies. 



Private 



There are about 35,000 private forest-land owners 

 (table 2). The great majority' of their forest proper- 

 ties are small, less than 5,000 acres — most of them 

 probably are from 50 to 200 acres in size. Generally, 

 these small forests are owned not by farmers, but by 

 business and professional people, housewives, clerks, 

 laborers, and the like. Many of them hold forest land 

 for purposes other than timber production y2). 



Farm forests account for less than one-fourth of the 

 commercial forest land. Many of the smaller farms 

 probably include no more forest land than they need 

 to supply their own fuelw-ood, fence posts, and other 

 home-use materi'als. 



The larger holdings account for not more than 13 

 percent of the commercial forest land. Nine owners 

 hold forest properties of more than 25,000 acres each. 



10 



Forest Resource Report No. 8, U. S. Department of Agriculture 



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