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MISSISSIPPI S FOREST RESOURCES AND INDUSTRIES 



NORTH 



CENTRAL 



SOUTH 



DELTA 



100 200 300 400 500 



MILLION BOARD FEET 



SOFTWOOD 



HARDWOOD 



Figure 42. — Total output of all round or split timber prod- 

 ucts by species group and Survey region, 1946. 



sizes. Large mills get nearly two-thirds of their hard- 

 wood volume from trees containing grade 1 logs; small 

 mills get one-tenth of their hardwood from these high- 

 quality trees. 



There are strong indications of a general shifting of 

 production to less desired trees. One sign is the in- 

 crease of hardwood lumber from one-fifth of the total 

 lumber manufactured in 1924 to nearly half in 1944. 

 Although 1944 marked the peak of Mississippi's war- 

 time expansion in hardwood lumber use, much of the 

 increase was the result of the depletion of pine grow- 

 ing stock. 



Again, one can point to the considerable expansion 

 in the use of hardwood for pulpwood; by 1946, hard- 

 wood pulpwood production in Mississippi reached 

 254,000 cords, 21 percent of total pulpwood output. 

 Much of this expansion represents hardwood use for 

 specialized pulp products, but some is shifting species 

 utilization stimulated by the abundance of small hard- 

 woods and declines in the generally preferred pine 

 resource. 



Figure 43. — Liquidation of the larger timber in its locality ltd to the ahaiidoiiiiuni oj t/tn large sawmill. 



