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Table 20. — Total growing stock in Mississippi, by class oj ownership and species group, 7945-48 



Ownership 



Private: 



Cotton, general, and cotton-vegetable farmer 



Other farmer 



Businessman, housewife, wage earner, and professional worker. 



Lumber company 



Pul p com pany 



Other forest i ndustry 



Real estate company and land speculator 



Miscellaneous 



Total private 



Public: 



National forest 



Cou nty 



Other public 



Total public 



All ownership 



All species 



Softwood 



Har 



dwood 



Million cubic ffct 



Million cubic Jeet 



Million 



cubic feet 



1, 816. 2 



678.7 





1,137.5 



1. 199. 5 



471.3 





728.2 



2,171.9 



882.0 





1, 289. 9 



709.0 



349.4 





359.6 



368.2 



237.0 





131.2 



300.8 



124.1 





176.7 



51.5 



19.3 





32.2 



122.4 



52.8 





69.6 



6, 739. 5 



2.814.6 



3. 924. 9 



572.0 



407. S 





164.5 



236.2 



48.5 





187.7 



144.6 



60-3 





84. 3 



952.8 



516.3 



436.5 



7, 692. 3 



3, 330. 9 



4.361.4 



Table 21. — Average cubic-foot volume per acre of total growing stock in Mississippi, by stand size and forest type, 1946-48 



Forest type 



All stands 



Large saw 

 timber 



Small saw 

 timber 



Cordwood 



Seedling and 

 sapling 



Restocking 



and 



denuded 



Softwood: 



Ivoblolly-shortleaf pine- _ _ _ _ 



Cubic feet 



578 

 315 

 106 



Cubic feet 



940 

 948 



Cubic feet 



1,103 

 964 



Cubic feet 



343 

 267 

 231 



Cubic feet 

 79 



80 

 200 



Cubic feet 

 45 



Longleaf-slash pine 





Cedar 



U 











Average 



497 



940 



1.073 



322 



81 



38 







Hardwood: 



565 

 387 

 357 



814 

 747 

 871 



928 

 705 

 699 



345 

 269 

 285 



114 

 89 

 61 



158 





32 



Upland hardwood-pine - - _ _ - - 



35 









441 



812 



813 



300 



88 



58 









466 



848 



939 



310 



85 



46 







