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Table 28.- — Comparison of timber growth in the continental United States, 1944 (i^d 1052 



Species group 



Growing stock 



1944' 



1952 



Change 

 from 1944 



Live sawtimber 



1944 ' 



1952 



Change 

 from 1944 



Eastern softwoods 



Eastern hardwoods 



Western species 



All species 



' Adjusted to 1952 basis. 



Billion 

 cii. ft. 

 3. 8 

 5. 9 

 2. 8 



Billion 

 cu. ft. 

 4. 4 

 7. 1 

 2. 7 



Percent 

 + 16 

 + 20 

 -2 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 



15. 2 



16. 6 

 11. 6 



Billion 

 hd.-fl. 

 17. 

 19. 1 

 11. 2 



12. 5 



14. 2 



+ 14 



43. 4 



Percent 

 + 11 

 + 16 

 — 3 



47. 3 



+ 9 



50 



FIGURES IN BILLIONS OF BOARD-FEET 



17.0 16.6 



EASTERN EASTERN WESTERN 



SOFTWOODS HARDWOODS SPECIES 



(excluding Coastal Alaska) 



1944 



1952 



Figure 21 



