Table 24. — Number of sound trees on commercial forest area 

 (2 inches d.h.h. and larger) by region and by species, 

 Kentucky. I0.f0 



Table 2b.--Number of saictimber-size cull and dead trees by 

 region, Kentucky, 1949 



Species 



Shortleaf. pitch, and white pines . . 



Virginia pine 



Other softwoods 



White oak 



Chestnut oak 



Other white oaks 



Black and scarlet oaks 



Northern red and cherrybark oaks 



Other red oaks 



Hickory ._ 



Ash .' 



Elm 



Cottonwood 



Yellow-poplar 



Basswood 



Sweetgum 



Blackgum and tupelo 



Sugar maple 



Soft maple _ . . . 



Sycamore 



Beech 



Black walnut 



Other hardwoods 



Total 



Total 



number of 



trees 



Million 



trees 



1 73.1 



121.1 



122.4 



314.0 



165.9 



92.7 



295.3 



60.2 



56.9 



570.8 



159.9 



163.8 



3.4 



170.4 



29.0 



54.7 



120.2 



168.6 



241.2 



20.3 



72.2 



38.9 



1,046.7 



4,161,7 1,789,4 



Western 

 Plateau 



Million 



trees 



6.9 



31.5 



76.8 



108.1 



31 7 



67.6 



108.5 



22.2 



50.6 



250.8 



104.5 



103.3 



3.4 



46 1 



1.1 



49.7 



55.6 



111.6 



63.9 



11 6 



32.7 



9 8 



441 4 



Bluegrass 



Million 



trees 



1.1 



5.5 



36.8 



20.3 



13.6 



9.9 



9.9 



3.2 



1.8 



38-2 



22.6 



50.9 



2,1 

 4 3 



,1 

 1.6 

 6.8 

 8.0 

 4.1 



.4 



19.9 



150.-0 



Eastern 

 Highlands 



Million 



trees 



65,1 



84,1 



8,8 



185,6 



120,6 



15.2 



176.9 



34.8 



4,5 



281,8 



32,8 



9,6 



Class 



State 

 total 



Western 

 Plateau 



Bluegrass 



Eastern 

 Highlands 





Million 



trees 



3.6 



38.0 



3.3 



2.6 



Million 



trees 



1.5 



12.0 



.2 



.7 



Million 

 trees 

 0.8 

 1.5 



.4 



Million 



trees 



1.3 



24.5 



3.1 



1.5 



Rotten cull 



Dead chestnut. . 



Other dead trees 



Total 



47.5 



14.4 



2.7 



30.4 



Average cull and dead trees 



4 1 



3.1 



2.2 



5 4 







411 1 



122 2 



23.6 



4,9 



63.0 



50.2 



169.3 



4,6 



39,1 



9,2 



455,3 



1,961 2 



1 Includes only a small amount of white pine. 



Table 26.— Volume and valued of primary forest products. Kentucky, 194S 



Commodity 



Standard unit 



Number of 



units 

 produced 



Cubic 

 volume 

 produced 



Total value 



of 



products 



Value per cubic 

 foot of 

 wood 



Sawlogs 



M board feet - 



508,240 



9,614 



44,042 



5,468 



1,506,232 



47,225 



13,544,000 



■ 75,000 



16,497 



2,812 



Thousand 



cu. ft. 



70,589 



1,335 



6,117 



760 



95,907 



3,366 



10,305 



434 



16,497 



2,812 



Thousand 

 dollars 



13,722 



721 



3,523 



273 



15,062 



534 



3,386 



113 



4,125 



281 



Cents 



19 



Veneer bolts .... . . ... . , ... 



do.. . 



54 





....do 



58 



Handle bolts 



do 



i6 



Fuel wood 



Standard cords . 



16 





....do 



16 



Fence posts 



Hewn crossties . 



Pieces ■. 



do. 



33 

 ''6 



Mine timbers 



M cubic feet 



25 



Miscellaneous farm timbers 



do. 



10 









'I'otal . 





208,122 



41.740 



20 ( 









1 



^ Volume figures based on Forest Survey studies; value on authors' estimates guided by local information, 

 ^ International ^-inch log rule. 



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Forest Resource Rcl)ort \o. 7, U. S. Departineut of Agriculture 



