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\Vhy forests are important to New Hampshire . . 



Employment 



Income 



Other forest values 



Water 



Recreation 



Page 



The forest industries 



The lumber industry 



The pulp and paper industry . 

 Other wood-using industries. . 



The forest resource 9 



The forests of the past 9 



The forest area today 9 



Ownership 10 



Private 10 



Public '. 11 



The forest types 11 



Timber volume 15 



Sawtimber volume 16 



Cord volume 16 



Condition of the forests 17 



Small trees predominate 17 



Distribution of sawtimber 18 



Quality 19 



CuU 19 



Species composition 20 



Total vs. available timber volume 21 



Pagr 



Balancing the timber budget 22 



Estimates of growth 22 



Timber cut 23 



Relationship of growth to timber cut 23 



The problem — and what should be done 25 



Improve cutting practices 25 



Protect the forest resource 26 



Encourage adjustments in timber utilization 26 



Develop better marketing procedures 27 



Literature cited 28 



Appendix 29 



Definition of terms 29 



Forest area 29 



Forest types 29 



Diameter classes 30 



Tree classes 30 



Stand-size classes 30 



Timber volume 30 



Hardwood log grades 31 



Growth and annual cut 31 



Forest survey methods 32 



Reliability of the estimates 32 



Species tallied 32 



Supplementary tables 33 



National standard tables 36 



IV 



