Although great strides have been 

 made in efficient use of timber, about 

 one-fourth of the timber cut each year 

 is not used for any purpose. Thirteen 

 percent of the timber cut annually is 

 left unused in the woods. Although 

 60 percent of plant residues are now 

 used, most of this is burned for indus- 

 trial fuel. In addition, our timber 

 stands contain billions of board-feet of 

 salvageable dead timber and sound 

 material in cull trees. 



All Timber Cut 



74 % used 



26% not used 



1 1 1 1 1 1 



Lumber ^^^B 





^^^^^^^^H 



Pulpwood ^^^H 



■ 



4% 











Veneer - Plywood H 



25% 













Other ■■ 



P 



11 7o 











Annual Cut IBillion Cubic Ft. I 



No grounds for complacency here, either 



America's timber is declining in qual- 

 ity; the more desirable trees are losing 

 ground to the undesirable, poor-qual- 

 ity trees. Quality loss is most serious 

 in the East, especially in hardwoods, 

 where one-fifth of the volume is in trees 



WOOD LEFT UNUSED 



POOR QUALITY 



not merchantable because of crooked- 

 ness, knottiness, or rot. Remarkable 

 advances in wood technology in recent 

 years have not eliminated the need for 

 high-quality timber. There just isn't 

 any satisfactory substitute for quality 

 in many of the products we have be- 

 come accustomed to and will want in 

 the future — millwork, siding, fine fur- 

 niture and veneer, and many paper 

 and wood fiber products. jj 



