FUTURE DEMAND FOR TIMBER 



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Table 244. — Indexes of relative consumption oj lumber, 1900-1952 



Year 



Estimated 

 consump- 

 tion of 

 lumber ' 



Per capita con- 

 sumption of lumber 



Quantity 



Index 



(1926 = 



100) 



Per capita con- 

 sumption of all 

 physical-structure 

 material 



Quantity ^ 



Index 



(1926 = 



100) 



Relative consumption 

 of lumber 



Index 3 



(1926 = 



100) 



Index 



smoothed 



by 3-year 



moving 



average 



(1926 = 



100) 



1900.. 

 1901.. 

 1902.. 

 1903.- 

 1904.. 

 1905.. 

 1906.- 

 1907-- 

 1908-. 

 1909- 

 1910- 

 1911- 

 1912- 

 1913- 

 1914- 

 1915- 

 1916-. 

 1917-. 

 1918-. 

 1919.. 

 1920-. 

 1921.. 

 1922.. 

 1923- , 

 1924.. 

 1925.. 

 1926.. 

 1927.. 

 1928.. 

 1929. 

 1930. 

 1931- 

 1932- 

 1933- 

 1934- 

 1935- 

 1936- 

 1937. 

 1938- 

 1939. 

 1940. 

 1941. 

 1942- 

 1943. 

 1944- 

 1945- 

 1946- 

 1947. 

 1948. 

 1949. 

 1950. 

 1951- 

 1952- 



Billion 

 bd.-ft. 

 41 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 45 

 45 

 41 

 44 

 43 

 41 

 43 

 42 

 39 

 37 

 40 

 36 

 32 

 34 

 35 

 28 

 35 

 40 

 38 

 40 

 39 

 36 

 38 

 34 

 30 

 21 

 17 

 19 

 18 

 23 

 26 

 26 

 24 

 28 

 34 

 36 

 44 

 39 

 35 

 31 

 34 

 34 

 36 

 34 

 41 

 39 

 42 



Board- 

 feet 

 539 

 535 

 530 

 521 

 505 

 506 

 527 

 514 

 460 

 482 

 470 

 440 

 453 

 432 

 390 

 365 

 389 

 346 

 306 

 325 

 325 

 263 

 317 

 362 

 337 

 347 

 330 

 302 

 313 

 278 

 244 

 172 

 139 

 148 

 140 

 184 

 200 

 200 

 182 

 217 

 260 

 271 

 325 

 283 

 250 

 219 

 237 

 235 

 248 

 231 

 270 

 253 

 264 



163 



162 



161 



158 



153 



153 



160 



156 



139 



146 



142 



133 



137 



131 



118 



111 



118 



105 



93 



98 



98 



80 



96 



110 



102 



105 



100 



92 



95 



84 



74 



52 



42 



45 



42 



56 



61 



61 



55 



66 



79 



82 



98 



86 



76 



66 



72 



71 



75 



70 



82 



77 



80 



Billion 

 units 

 26 

 25 

 30 

 28 

 30 

 29 

 31 

 28 

 27 

 29 

 30 

 28 

 29 

 27 

 29 

 26 

 28 

 30 

 28 

 26 

 30 

 20 

 24 

 29 

 27 

 29 

 29 

 26 

 28 

 28 

 24 

 23 

 16 

 17 

 14 

 21 

 23 

 31 

 23 

 27 

 31 

 37 

 37 

 33 

 34 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 38 

 33 

 34 

 34 

 38 



89 



85 



103 



95 



104 



100 



106 



96 



94 



99 



102 



96 



99 



93 



100 



88 



96 



102 



94 



83 



104 



67 



81 



98 



92 



99 



100 



89 



94 



97 



82 



80 



56 



58 



50 



70 



78 



106 



80 



91 



104 



126 



127 



112 



116 



102 



106 



109 



128 



113 



117 



117 



130 



183 



191 



177 



157 



171 



166 



156 



147 



155 



153 



150 



151 



156 



163 



154 



148 



153 



147 



145 



139 



141 



138 



138 



138 



139 



141 



132 



118 



128 



126 



122 



123 



117 



103 



108 



99 



107 



118 



104 



94 



110 



119 



110 



118 



116 



112 



114 



111 



110 



106 



106 



100 



103 



103 



101 



101 



97 



86 



92 



90 



80 



65 



76 



74 



72 



77 



79 



85 



80 



79 



81 



79 



72 



57 



68 



69 



66 



72 



72 



76 



71 



65 



73 



77 



73 



77 



73 



65 



69 



65 



66 



68 



66 



65 



64 



58 



62 



62 



63 



70 



66 



66 



66 



62 





' Forest Service estimates. 



2 Constant-dollar quantity units at 1935-39 prices. U. S. 

 Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Raiv 

 Materials in the United States Economy 1900-1952, p. 60. 

 Washington, D. C. 1954. 



5 Obtained by dividing index numbers for annual per 

 capita consumption of lumber by corresponding index 

 numbers for annual per capita consumption of all physical- 

 structure materials. 



