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TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AIMERICA'S FUTURE 



Table 171. — Area of commercial forest land owned by Jorest industries in the United States and Coastal 



Alaska, by region and size class of ownership, 1953 ' 





Total 

 commer- 

 cial 

 forest 

 land 



Forest industry ownerships 



Section and region 



Total 



Under 



100 



acres 



100- 

 500 

 acres 



500- 

 5,000 

 acres 



5,000- 

 50,000 

 acres 



Oyer 

 50,000 

 acres 



North: 



New England 



Thousand 

 acres 

 30, 658 

 42, 225 

 53, 272 

 42, 394 

 5,492 



Thousand 



acres 



8, 178 



2,069 



3,039 



817 



Thousand 

 acres 

 61 

 59 

 36 

 56 



Thousand 



acres 



198 



228 



62 



66 



Thousand 

 acres 

 371 

 284 

 102 

 347 



Thousand 



acres 



1,023 



493 



639 



97 



Thousand 

 acres 

 6, 525 



Middle Atlantic 



1,005 



Lake States 



2, 200 



Central 



251 



Plains 



















Total 



174, 041 



14, 103 



212 



554 



1, 104 



2, 224 



9,989 







South: 



South Atlantic _ - 



46, 152 

 94, 985 

 52, 151 



5,614 

 15, 443 

 12, 466 



109 

 96 

 49 



583 

 299 

 383 



226 

 626 

 356 



1,518 

 4,600 

 2,353 



3, 178 



Southeast 



9,822 



West Gulf . _ -.. -.- - 



9, 325 







Total __ .- - 



193, 288 



33, 523 



254 



1,265 



1,208 



8,436 



22, 360 







West: 



Pacific Northwest - 



45, 365 

 17,317 

 33, 840 

 20, 489 



8,880 



3,389 



2,331 



156 



24 



231 

 55 

 21 



4 



503 



231 



351 



24 



2,083 



1,486 



251 



6 



6,039 



California- 



1, 617 



Northern Rocky Mountain 





1, 708 



Southern Rocky Mountain- 





122 









Total 



117,011 



14, 756 



24 



311 



1, 109 



3,792 



9, 520 







Coastal Alaska _ _ - _ 



2 4, 269 





























All regions 



488, 609 



62, 382 



490 



2, 130 



3,421 



14, 363 



41, 978 







' Area in a giyen size class on a regional basis does not 

 add to sectional or national totals because holdings of a 

 given owner located in different regions haye been com- 



bined in determining size class of ownerships on a sec- 

 tional basis. 



2 Area owned by forest industries in Coastal Alaska 

 was not reported. 



for the lower class, as shown b}- the following 

 tabulation: 



Proportion of recently cut land in 

 productivity class 



Lumber manufacturer: 

 North . _ 



Upper 



(percent) 



68 

 69 

 78 



Medium 

 (percent) 



24 

 23 

 19 



21 



33 



4 



1 



15 



38 



22 



9 



23 



Lower 

 (percent) 



8 



South 



West - 





8 

 3 





er: 

 ufacturer: 





All regions. _ 



73 



66 

 96 

 94 



84 



53 

 78 

 73 



73 



6 



Pulp manufactur 



North 



South 



West 



All regions.. 



1 

 5 



1 



Other wood man 



North 



South 



West 



9 



(') 

 18 



All regions.. 

 ' Less than 0.5 



percent. 



4 



On holdings of lumber and other wood manufac- 

 turers, the record was nearh^ as favorable. On 

 these holdings, about 73 percent of the recently 

 cut area was qualified for the upper productivit}' 

 class and only about 5 percent for the lower class. 

 Relatively little difference was evident from sec- 

 tion to section within each industr}^, except for 

 lands owned by pulp and other wood manufac- 

 turers in the North. There, the proportion of 

 recently cut areas in the various productivity- 

 classes was lower than for similar industrial lands 

 in other sections. 



Productivity of recently cut lands on forest in- 

 dustry- properties averaged higher on the medium 

 and large holdings than on the limited areas of 

 small industrial ownerships (table 174). 



In most instances, productivity of recently cut 

 land for industry holdings was also substantially 

 better than for farm and otlier private holdings 

 that currently supply the major part of the raw 

 material for forest industry. This is believed to 

 reflect a widespread interest in permanent timber 

 growing bv the forest industries and the fact that 



