158 TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 97. — Softwood and hardwood volumes cut in the United States and Coastal Alaska, by product, 1952 



Product 



Growing stock 



L 



ve sawtimber 





Total 



Softwood 



Hardwood 



Total 



Softwood 



Hardwood 



Saw logs (for lumber, timbers, sawn ties, etc.) 



Veneer logs and bolts _ . ._ 



Million 



cu. ft. 



6,821 



492 



105 



1,728 



1,004 



32 



102 



131 



108 



77 



157 



Million 



cu. ft. 



5, 214 



251 



29 



1,460 



243 



30 



101 



49 



32 



19 



59 



Million 



cu. ft. 



1,607 



241 



76 



268 



761 



2 



1 



82 



76 



58 



98 



Million 



M.-ft. 



36, 636 



2,803 



516 



4, 693 



2,246 



159 



470 



218 



483 



100 



516 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



28," 890 



1, 575 



143 



4,252 



595 



148 



466 



69 



152 



41 



215 



Million 

 M.-ft. 

 7,746 

 1,228 



Cooperage logs and bolts _ _ _ 



373 



Pulpwood . _ _ 



441 



Fuelwood . . . _ _ 



1,651 



Piling . ...._... 



11 



Poles - 



4 



Posts (round and split) _ _ 



149 



Hewn ties _ . __ _ _ 



331 



Mine timbers (round). 



59 



Otheri _. . 



301 







Total - .. 



10, 757 



7,487 



3,270 



48, 840 



36, 546 



12, 294 







I SOFTWOODS HARDWOODS 



SAWTIMBER 



1 Includes box and shingle bolts, excelsior bolts, turnery, dimension and handle stock, chemical wood, and bolts for 

 other such miscellaneous products. 



fig. 64) . The oaks and the soft hardwoods (yellow- 

 poplar, soft maple, sweetgum, tupelo and black- 

 gum, Cottonwood and aspen, and basswood) each 

 constituted about 10 percent of the total cut and 

 were next in order of importance 



In the North, hardwoods accounted for 4.3 

 bUlion board-feet or 65 percent of the total saw- 

 timber cut (table 99). Of the hardwoods, the cut 

 by species was oaks 37 percent; yellow birch, 

 beech, and sugar maple 27 percent; yellow-poplar 

 and other soft hardwoods 24 percent; and ash, 

 hickory, walnut, and other hard hardwoods 12 

 percent (table 101, p. 165). White, red, and jack 

 pine were the principal softwoods. This group 

 made up 39 percent of the softwoods cut, spruce 

 and fir 28 percent, the southern yellow pines 11 

 percent, and other softwoods including hemlock 

 and larch 22 percent. 



The cut of hardwoods was greatly in excess of 

 softwoods in all northern regions except New Eng- 

 land. The oaks were the principal hardwoods cut 

 in the Middle Atlantic, Central, and Plains 

 Regions. Yellow birch, beech, and sugar maple 

 made up 39 percent of the hardwoods cut in the 

 Lake States, and the soft hardwoods, chiefly 

 aspen for pulp, 30 percent. 



Softwoods cut in the Central and Plains Regions 

 were chiefly the southern yellow pines. In the 

 Lake States, about 42 percent of total softwoods 

 was white, red, and jack pine; 46 percent other 

 softwoods, mainly hemlock and larch; and 12 per- 

 cent spruce and fir. 



In contrast to other northern regions, nearly 

 four-fifths of the cut in New England was soft- 

 woods. About one-half was white, red, and jack 

 pine and one-half spruce and fir. The principal 

 hardwoods were yellow birch, beech, and sugar 

 Figure 63 maple. 



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