Tabli: 2j.—Esliin(iled fuel xvoail cut from commercial limber 

 and salvage material. Lake States region, 1948 





lotal 



Commercial timber 



Salvage 

 material, 

 all specie.s 



State 



■All 

 species 



Soft- 

 woods 



Hard- 

 woods 



Minnesota 



'Thousand 

 cords 



1,600 

 2,000 

 1,900 



Thousand 

 cords 



S90 

 710 

 700 



Thousand 

 cords 



70 

 70 

 30 



Thousand 

 cords 



520 

 640 

 670 



Thousand 



cords 



1,010 





1 , 290 



Michigan . 



1,^00 







Region total.., 



5,.=;(X) 



2. cm 



170 



1,S30 



n.iOO 



Fence Posts 













All estimated 27 niillioii lence posts were cut on 

 farms and commercial logging operations in 194(i. 

 The farm-cut posts were mostly hardwood— oak, 

 aspen, and miscellaneous species. The commercial 

 cuttings were mostly cedar with a small proportion 

 of tamarack, jack pine, and aspen. Production of 

 posts has been declining. 



Poles and Piling 



Approximately 200, OOU poles were produced in 

 the region in 1946. Afost of the 169,000 cedar poles 

 were of small size (18 to 25 feet) and were used for 

 farm telephone lines and like purposes. The 26,000 

 pine poles were logged primarily for the rural elec- 

 trification cooperatives and were in lengths up to 



45 feet. In addition, some 5,000 poles of tamarack, 

 oak, and miscellaneous species were produced for 

 local use. The rate of pole production has been 

 declining since 1935 (fig. 30). 



Production of piling totaled about 300,000 board 

 feet in 1946. The trend in piling production also 

 has been downward (fig. 30). 



Mitte Timbers 



Iron and copper mines consumed nearly 11 mil- 

 lion board feet of timbers and 25,700 cords of poles 

 and lagging in 1946. All of this material was cut 

 from nearby forests. 



Mines were unusually active during the war and 

 consumed large quantities of timber. However, 

 they may use considerably less in the future unless 

 some luiforeseen develoj:)ments again stimulate un- 

 derground mining. 



Miscellaneous Rough Products 



About 3 million board feet of sawlogs and 3,200 

 cords of merchantable pole timber were cut in 1946 

 for such purposes as cabin logs, bridges, garden 

 poles, rustic furniture, and ornamental fencing. 

 Also, several million sprtice and balsam fir saplings 

 ■\vere cut for Christmas trees, while boughs, cones, 

 nuts, fruits, and maple syrup provided means for a 

 significant local industry. Activities connected with 

 these products mostly are increasing. 



Forest Resources of lite Fake Stales Re<^ion 



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