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156 TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 95. — Timber cut in the United States and Coastal Alaska, by product and class oj material, 1952 



Product 



Growing stock 



Total 

 cut 



Timber 

 products 



Logging 

 residues 



Sawtimber trees 



Total 

 cut 



Timber 

 products 



Logging 

 residues 



Poletimber trees 



Total 

 cut 



Timber 

 products 



Logging 

 residues 



Saw logs (for lumber, timbers, 



sawn ties, etc.) 



Veneer logs and bolts 



Cooperage logs and bolts 



Pulpwood 



Fuelwood 



Piling 



Poles 



Posts (round and split) 



Hewn ties 



Mine timbers (round) 



Other 2 



Total 



Million 



cu. ft. 



6,821 



492 



105 



1, 728 



1, 004 



32 



102 



131 



108 



77 



157 



Million 



cu. ft. 



5,801 



392 



72 



1, 656 



965 



28 



88 



127 



67 



72 



125 



Million 



cu. ft. 



1,020 



100 



33 



72 



39 



4 



14 



4 



41 



5 



32 



Million 



cu. ft. 



6,566 



489 



103 



975 



537 



31 



92 



44 



106 



23 



103 



Million 



cu. ft. 



5, 624 



391 



70 



922 



500 



27 



79 



41 



66 



21 



76 



Million 



cu. ft. 



942 



98 



33 



53 



37 



4 



13 



3 



40 



2 



27 



Million 



cu. ft. 



255 



3 



2 



753 



467 



1 



10 



87 



2 



54 



54 



Million 



cu. ft. 



177 



1 



2 



734 



465 



I 



9 



86 



1 



51 



49 



10, 757 



9,393 



1,364 



9, 069 



7,817 



1, 252 



1, 688 



1,576 



112 



■ Less than 0.5 million. 



^ Includes box and shingle bolts, excelsior bolts, turnery. 



Only a little poletimber appears in the cut of 

 products normally requiring trees of sawtimber 

 size. Much of this consists of trees knocked 

 down, broken, or otherwise killed in the course of 

 logging rather than trees actually cut for timber 

 products. Nevertheless, 4 percent of the saw-log 

 output comes from trees nominally below saw- 

 timber size. 



The West Leads in Timber Cut for Saw 

 Logs and Veneer, the South for Pulp- 

 wood and Fuelwood 



Because of the preponderance of large saw- 

 timber, the West dominates the cut for saw logs 

 and veneer logs and bolts. A little more than 

 half the timber cut for these products, as well as 

 16 percent of the timber cut for pulpwood, origi- 

 nates here. The tabulation shows the major items 

 of timber cut by the various sections in 1952: 





Saw logs 

 (.billion 

 bd.-ft.) 



Pulpwood 

 (million 

 cords) 



Fuelwood 

 (million 

 cords) 



Veneer logs 



and bolts 



(billion 



bd.-ft.) 



North 



South 



West and Coastal 

 Alaska 



4.7 

 13.3 



18. 6 



5.7 

 13.2 



3.5 



3.9 

 9. 4 



.3 



0.3 

 1.0 



1.5 



Total 



36. 6 



22. 4 



13. 6 



2. 8 



The South leads in pulpwood production because 

 the development of the pulp and paper industry 

 in this section is favored by good location with 

 respect to the Nat' on 's principal markets, avail- 

 able supplies of relatively cheap southern pine 

 timber, reasonable security of future raw-material 



dimension and handle stock, chemical wood, and bolts for 

 other such miscellaneous products. 



supplies (because of rapid tree growth), ample 

 supplies of relatively cheap labor, water resources, 

 chemicals and power, and excellent rail, water, 

 and highway transportation. More timber is cut 

 for fuelwood in the South chiefly because the rural 

 people, by virtue of their generally low economic 

 status, have sustained the use of wood fuel to a 

 much greater extent than in other parts of the 

 country. 



The North accounts for 70 percent of the timber 

 cut for round mine timbers — the only instance 

 where the timber cut is greater in the North than 

 in the South. However, saw logs for lumber 

 represent the chief product here as elsewhere, and 

 the North surpasses the West in timber cut for 

 pulpwood and fuelwood, and for some minor items 

 like cooperage, fence posts, and hewn ties. 



When all products are combined, the South 

 leads in both sawtimber and growing stock cut in 

 cubic feet, whereas the West is foremost in saw- 

 timber cut in board-feet (table 96).^^ About 22.5 

 billion board-feet, or 46 percent of the Nation's 

 sawtimber cut in 1952, came from the West and 

 Coastal Alaska. The South furnished 19.6 billion 

 board-feet, or 40 percent. On the other hand, 

 the growing stock cut in the South in 1952 was 

 5 billion cubic feet, or 47 percent of the Nation's 

 total. In comparison, 35 percent of the growing 

 stock cut was in the West and Coastal Alaska, and 

 18 percent in the North. 



'5 The difference in the ranking in sawtimber cut in 

 cubic feet and board-feet is due largely to the generally 

 smaller timber cut in the South and corresponduigly 

 smaller board-foot content per cubic foot and to a lesser 

 extent to the variation in irinimum size for sawtimber 

 (softwoods 9 inches and hardwoods II inches in the 

 South and all species 11 inches in the West). 



