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Table 159. — Area of acceptable plantations established on commercial forest land, by section and region, 



and by specified years, continental United States, 1926-52 



Section and region 



Prior 

 to 1926 



1926- 

 29 



1930- 

 34 



1935- 

 39 



1940- 



44 



1945- 

 49 



1950 



1951 



1952 



Total 



North: 



New England 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 40 

 71 

 117 

 35 

 23 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 31 

 84 

 75 

 5 

 8 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 28 

 158 

 202 

 5 

 7 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 28 

 167 

 480 

 54 

 8 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 14 

 94 

 247 

 53 

 4 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 7 

 87 

 137 

 58 

 3 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 3 

 35 

 34 



'I 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 4 

 39 

 52 

 26 

 1 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 4 

 45 

 47 

 30 

 1 



Thou- 

 sand 

 acres 

 159 



Middle Atlantic. 



780 



Lake States 



1, 391 



Central 



Plains 



283 

 56 







Total 



286 



203 



400 



737 



412 



292 



90 



122 



127 



2,669 







South: 



South Atlantic 



1 

 1 



1 



2 



4 



33 



8 

 17 

 15 



67 

 258 

 121 



63 

 305 



67 



59 



222 



68 



40 



143 



62 



30 



107 

 70 



30 

 125 



58 



300 



Southeast 



West Gulf 



1, 182 

 495 







Total 



3 



39 



40 



446 



435 



349 



245 



207 



213 



1,977 







West: 



Pacific Northwest 



24 



1 

 27 

 11 



16 

 4 

 7 

 5 



23 

 5 



31 



7 



42 



4 



24 



10 



54 

 4 



12 

 5 



75 



1 

 8 

 5 



46 

 1 

 2 

 2 



43 

 2 

 2 



1 



53 



4 

 2 



1 



376 



California 



26 



Northern Rocky Mountain 



Southern Rocky Mountain 



115 



47 



Total ._ __ 



63 



32 



66 



80 



75 



89 



51 



48 



60 



564 







Total, United States. _ 



352 



274 



506 



1,263 



922 



730 



386 



377 



400 



5,210 







Annual rate 



(') 



2 68 



101 



253 



184 



146 





3 388 













Cumulative total 



352 



626 



1, 132 



2,395 



3,317 



4,047 



4,433 



4,810 



5,210 



5,210 







' Undetermined number of years. 

 2 4-year average. 



' 3-year average. 



Table 160. — Anticipated area of acceptable plantations on commercial forest land, by section and specified 



years, continental United States, 1953-84 





Plantations 



established 



prior to 



1953 





Anticipated future 



plantings 





Section 



1953-54 



1955-64 



1965-74 



1975-84 



Total 



North- - - 



Thousand 

 acres 

 2,670 

 1,980 

 560 



Thousand 



acres 



320 



760 



130 



Thousand 



acres 



1,850 



5, 140 



880 



Thousand 



acres 



1,840 



5, 170 



1,090 



Thousand 



acres 



1,820 



4,820 



1, 120 



Thousand 

 acres 

 8,500 



South 



17, 870 



West - - -- 



3,780 







Total, United States - . 



5,210 



1,210 



7,870 



8, 100 



7,760 



30, 150 







Annual rate - - 



0) 



610 



790 



810 



780 









Cumulative total 



5,210 



6,420 



14, 290 



22, 390 



30, 150 



30, 150 







Cumulative total from 1953 





1,210 



9,080 



17, 180 



24, 940 











1 Undetermined number of years. 



