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TIMBER RESOURCES FOR AMERICA'S FUTTJRE 



Table 76. — Productivity of recently cut covimercial forest land in the United States and Coastal Alaska, by size class of primary 

 forest products harvested, and section, region, and ownership class, 1953 ' 



NORTH 





Large products ^ 



Both larg 



e and small products ' 



Small products ' 





Region and ownership class - 



Operating 

 area 



Productivity 



Operating 

 area 



Productivity 



Operating 

 area 



Productivity 





Upper 



Medium 



Lower 



Upper 



Medium 



Lower 



Upper 



Medium 



Lower 



Xew England: 



Thousand 



acres 



1,941 



1,141 



723 



329 



Percent 

 35 

 74 

 100 



77 



Percent 

 34 

 17 



Percent 



31 



9 



Thousand 



acres 



695 



1,170 



33 



69 



Percent 



28 



82 



100 



100 



Percent 

 61 

 16 



Percent 

 11 

 2 



Thousand 



acres 



1,204 



7,533 



50 



152 



Percent 

 41 

 60 

 100 

 94 



Percent 

 42 

 40 



Percent 

 17 



Alodium and large private 



(') 



National forest -. _ . 



Other public 



23 











6 













4,134 



57 



24 



19 



1,967 



61 



34 



5 



8,939 



58 



39 



3 







Middle Atlantic: 



Small private - _ . _ 



4.209 



1,674 



247 



1,297 



66 

 59 

 100 



88 



28 

 40 



6 

 1 



1,320 



1,276 



930 



637 



46 

 61 

 100 

 100 



39 

 30 



15 

 9 



1,486 

 1,123 



40 

 60 



13 

 14 



47 





26 



National forest - .- . 







12 









80 



21 





79 













7,427 



70 



27 



3 



4,163 



72 



21 



7 



2,689 



48 



13 



39 







Lake States: 



Srnall private 



1.515 

 1,254 



55 

 82 



29 

 18 



16 



1,010 



788 



4,813 



7,641 



56 



80 

 80 

 88 



39 



20 

 20 

 12 



5 



2,129 



1,242 



269 



3,002 



61 



78 

 100 

 88 



23 

 21 



16 



Medium and large private ' 



1 





276 



100 







12 



(0 









Total or averaee 



3,045 



70 



22 



8 



14, 252 



82 



17 



1 



6,642 



77 



17 



6 







Central: 



5,434 

 918 



1,292 

 419 



47 

 47 

 86 

 85 



43 



47 

 14 

 15 



10 

 6 



1,649 

 220 

 537 

 118 



45 

 32 

 100 

 100 



29 

 61 



26 



7 



524 

 16 



31 



41 

 100 



28 



Medium and large private 









Other public 







13 





79 



21 











Total or average 



8,063 



65 



37 



8 



2,524 



58 



24 



18 



553 



30 



43 



27 







Plains: 



26 



11 



49 



40 



37 







100 



1 







100 



Medium and large private 































8 

 4 



100 









6 





100 





11 





100 

















Total or average 



32 



9 



58 



33 



48 





22 



78 



13 



81 





19 



Total, North: 



13, 125 

 4,987 

 2,262 

 2,327 



51 



68 

 92 



87 



35 

 29 

 8 

 13 



14 

 3 



4,711 

 3,454 

 6,313 



8,476 



44 

 72 

 84 

 89 



39 

 24 

 16 

 11 



17 

 4 



5,344 



9,914 



327 



3,251 



49 

 63 

 100 

 86 



27 

 34 



24 



Medium and large private ' 



National forest 



3 



Other public 



11 



3 







Total or average .. 



22, 701 



62 



29 



9 



22,954 



76 



20 



4 



18,836 



63 



28 



9 







SOUTH 



South Atlantic: 



6, 494 



2,471 



1,205 



316 



41 

 83 

 100 

 85 



40 

 17 



19 



1,394 

 886 



1,153 

 316 



55 

 82 

 100 

 62 



32 



18 



13 



1,988 



1,415 



186 



140 



61 

 100 

 100 

 100 



27 



12 



Medium and large private " 



National forest 









Other public 



14 



1 



38 















Total or average. .._ ... 



10, 486 



58 



30 



12 



3,749 



75 



20 



5 



3,729 



78 



15 



7 







Southeast: 



15, 266 

 8,529 

 1,568 

 1,232 



34 

 65 

 100 

 92 



34 

 27 



32 



8 



4,224 



4,530 



1,839 



759 



37 

 90 

 92 

 81 



33 



7 

 8 

 19 



30 

 3 



4,703 

 4,219 



23 



85 



23 



4 



54 



Medium and large private ' . . 



11 







Other public. . _. ... . 



8 







75 



95 



5 









Total or average 



26, 595 



51 



28 



21 



11,352 



70 



18 



12 



8,997 



53 



14 



33 







West Gulf: 



Small private. - - 



Medium and large private " 



6,039 



6,722 



1,226 



160 



19 

 59 

 88 

 47 



48 

 26 

 12 

 15 



33 



15 



38" 



2,007 



2,540 



1,377 



179 



19 

 92 

 100 

 21 



32 



7 



49 

 1 



1,503 

 756 



23 



78 



32 

 13 



45 

 9 



National forest 





Other public 



74 



5 





















Total or average 



14,147 



44 



34 



22 



6,103 



68 



15 



17 



2,259 



42 



26 



32 



'I'otal, South: 



27, 799 

 17,722 

 3, 999 

 1,708 



32 



65 

 90 

 82 



38 

 25 

 4 

 10 



30 

 10 



8" 



7,625 

 7,956 

 4,369 

 1,254 



35 

 90 

 97 

 68 



33 

 8 

 3 



31 



32 

 2 



i 



8,194 



6,390 



186 



215 



32 

 87 

 100 

 98 



26 

 5 



42 



Medium and large private ' 



National forest 



8 



Other public - . 



2 









Total or average 



51,228 



50 



30 



20 



21,204 



70 



17 



13 



14,985 



57 



16 



27 







See footnotes at end of table. 



