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Table 96. — Timber cut in the United States and Coastal Alaska, by section and region, and by class oj 



material, 1952 





Growing stock 



Cut from 

 pole- 

 timber 







Section and region 



Timber 

 cut 



Timber 

 products 



Logging 

 residues 



Cut from sawtimber 



North: 



New England _ _ . _ 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 500 

 470 

 537 

 405 

 28 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 455 

 412 

 474 

 362 

 25 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 45 

 58 

 63 

 43 

 3 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 114 

 107 

 271 

 112 

 10 



Million 

 cu. ft. 

 386 

 363 

 266 

 293 

 18 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 1, 768 



Middle Atlantic 



1, 795 



Lake States - - . . 



1, 240 



Central - . _ . 



1, 809 



Plains . _ _. 



94 







Total 



1, 940 



1, 728 



212 



614 



1, 326 



6, 706 







South: 



South Atlantic _ . . . _ 



1, 455 



2, 405 

 1, 193 



1, 262 

 2,077 

 1,008 



193 

 328 

 185 



307 

 476 

 230 



1, 148 



1,929 



963 



5, 352 



Southeast . _ 



9, 411 



West Gulf 



4, 836 







Total 



5, 053 



4,347 



706 



1,013 



4, 040 



19, 599 



West: 



Pacific Northwest: 



Douglas-fir subregion 



Pine subregion 



2,031 

 359 



1,838 

 321 



193 

 38 



13 

 3 



2,018 

 356 



12, 221 

 2, 050 



Total 



California 



2,390 

 932 

 329 

 100 



2, 159 



765 



296 



87 



231 



167 



33 



13 



16 



8 



27 



10 



2, 374 



924 



302 



90 



14, 271 

 5, 724 



Northern Rocky Mountains _ _ . . 



1, 899 



Southern Rocky Mountains _ . _ _ 



555 



Total 



3,751 



3,307 



444 



61 



3,690 



22, 449 



Total, United States . ______ _ 



10, 744 

 13 



9,382 

 11 



1, 362 

 2 



1,688 



9, 056 

 13 



48, 754 



Coastal Alaska 



86 



United States and Coastal Alaska 



10, 757 



9,393 



1,364 



1,688 



9,069 



48, 840 







' Less than 0.5 million. 



In the West, practically the entire cut is from 

 sawtimber. In the South, 20 percent of the cut 

 is from poletimber. In the North, as much as 32 

 percent of the cut is from poletimber and, in the 

 Lake States Region where large timber is scarce, 

 the cut of poletimber actually exceeds the cut of 

 sawtimber. 



Timber Cut Is Predominantly 

 Softwoods 



For the country as a whole, softwoods account 

 for 70 percent of growing stock cut and 75 percent 

 of the sawtimber cut (table 97 and fig. 63). The 

 fact that the Nation's timber needs are pretty 

 much geared to softwoods might logically be ex- 

 pected inasmuch as softwoods predominate in most 

 sections of the country and are preferred for 

 most products. In the West, of course, practi- 

 cally the entire supply consists of softwoods. In 

 the South, about three-fifths of the cut is soft- 

 woods, whereas softwoods in the sawtimber in- 



ventory barely exceed hardwoods and are defi- 

 nitely in the minority in the growing-stock in- 

 ventory. In the North, hardwoods are in greater 

 abundance, a fact which is further reflected in 

 timber cut. Nevertheless, softwoods in the North 

 are likewise supplying a greater proportion of the 

 cut in relation to inventory volume than hard- 

 woods, thus reflecting a continued preference for 

 softwoods here as elsewhere. 



Of the timber cut for saw logs (6.8 billion cubic 

 feet), about 77 percent was softwoods. Poles and 

 piling were almost all softwood. Pulpwood, for- 

 merly almost entirely cut from softwood, is now 

 16 percent hardwood. Veneer logs and bolts are 

 about half softwoods and half hardwoods. 



Hardwoods were cut more exclusively for several 

 products. For example, hardwoods accounted 

 for 75 percent of timber cut for mine timbers, 72 

 percent for cooperage, and 70 percent for hewn 

 ties. 



Because of their abundance and utility, Douglas- 

 fir and the southern yellow pines made up almost 

 half of all the timber cut in 1952 (table 98 and 



