FOREST INDUSTRY 



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operation, and ability to handle small timber economi- 

 cally permit frequent changes of location for a small 

 volume of sawlogs at each setting. 



The small sawmill operators have had a stronger 

 influence on the mismanagement of Missisippi's sec- 

 ond-growth forests than other lumbermen, since they 

 can cut more deeply into these stands of timber 

 (fig. 44). However, because of the ability of the 

 small mills to utilize scattered stands and small and 

 low-grade timber, lumber manufacture has been sus- 

 tained far beyond what otherwise would have been 

 possible. Large sawmills get some four-tenths of their 



pine cut from trees above 18 inches d. b. h., and almost 

 four-tenths from grade 1 trees. But small sawmills 

 get less than two-tenths of their pine cut from trees 

 above 18 inches and one-tenth from grade 1 trees. 



In hardwood stands, the differences between small 

 mill and large mill logging are even more pronounced. 

 Actually, the large and small sawmills using hardwood 

 represent essentially different industries In that the 

 small mills use timber of size and quality that the large 

 mills do not or cannot accept. Large mills get 64 

 percent of their hardwood volume in trees 26 inches 

 d. b. h. and up; small mills get only 12 percent in these 



SOFTWOOD 

 SAWLOGS 



Each dot represents 1,000,000 bd ft 



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HARDWOOD 

 SAWLOGS 



Each dot represents 1,000,000 bd ft. 



SOFTWOOD \'.*,v«tr^."r'?>^ 



PULPWOOD 



Each dot represents 2,000 cords 



HARDWOOD 

 PULPWOOD 



Each dot represents 2,000 cords 



OTHER SOFTWOOD 

 PRODUCTS 



Each dot represents 150,000 cu ft. 



OTHER HARDWOOD 



PRODUCTS 



Each dot represents 150,000 cu. f. 



Figure 41. — Cutting of logs and bolts by county, 7946. (A dot represents about the same amount of wood in all six maps.) 



