The margin of additional allo^vable cut over 

 drain was entirely in Minnesota, ^vhere the relatively 

 greater distance to market and the some^vhat more 

 difficult logging conditions tended to slow the rate 

 of cuttiirg. In Wisconsin and Michi2;an, cuttina: 

 rates ■were in rough balance with productive capacity 

 except -^vith respect to the above mentioned malad- 

 justments in species, kinds of material, and owner- 

 ship (fig. 41). 



Throughout the region, drain was heaviest in 

 relatively accessible areas close to roads and mills, 

 whereas much of the volume proposed for cutting 

 is in more remote areas Avhere timber now is going 

 to waste. Moreover, some of the drain consisted of 

 material obtained froin prematine clear-cutting of 

 young stands and other forms of destructive logging 

 rather than the good cutting practices envisioned 

 in the allowable cut proposal. 



In conclusion, it can be said that the total grow- 

 ing stock of all timber in the Lake States is on the 

 increase but because of various maladjustments, too 

 large a proportion of the new material is relatively 

 inferior in quality and location. To bring the cut 

 into proper balance with the allowable cut will not 

 require any severe reduction in total quantity cut. 



but will call for further shifts from soft^voods to 

 hard\\-oods, shifts in geographical location of cut- 

 ting operations, and further improvement in cutting 

 methods. 



300 



700 — 



k] 500 



300 



200 



100 



MICHIGAN 



WISCONSIN 



MINNESOTA 



WISCONSIN 



MINNESOTA 



Figure 41. 



ALLOWABLE CUT DRAIN 1948 



-Comparison of 1948 cubic-foot drain with allow- 

 able cut, by States. 



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