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States is approximately 1-| billion feet, of which Maine furnishes 

 about one-third. 



Ilemloch. — The stnmpage of eastern hemlock was estimated at 20 

 billion feet by the censns of 1880 and at 100 billion feet by the censns 

 of 1900. The present annual cnt is approximately 3 billion feet, of 

 which Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin furnish about three- 

 fourths. The cut of both eastern spruce and eastern hemlock is 

 decreasing, while that of the Avestern spruce and hemlock is increasing. 



Douglas fir. — The stumpage of Douglas fir was estimated at 800 

 billion feet by the census in 1900 and at 350 billion by the American 

 liumberman in 1905. The Pacific Lumber Trade Journal, in the 

 article previously referred to, estimates the stand of fir in Washing- 

 ton alone at over 119 billion feet. The cut of Douglas fir reported 

 for the census j^ear 1900 was not quite IJ billion feet, while the present 

 cut is about 4^ billion feet, with every indication of a rapid increase 

 in the future. 



Western yelloio -pine. — The stand of western yellow pine was esti- 

 mated at 125 billion feet by the census of 1900, at 138 billion by Long 

 in 1903, and at 250 billion by the American Lumberman in 1905. It 

 is widely scattered and very difficult to estimate. The present annual 

 cut is about 1 billion feet, with two-thirds of the production in the 

 Pacific Coast States. 



Redwood. — The redwood stumpage was estimated at less than 

 26 billion feet by the census of 1880, and at 75 billion by the census 

 of 1900. The annual cut, which is increasing, is now in the neigh- 

 borhood of 450 million feet. 



Cyj)ress. — The stumpage of c^^press, for Florida and Alabama only, 

 was estimated at a little over 2 billion feet by the censns of 1880. 

 The census of 1900 gave 65 billion feet for all States, as a probable 

 safe figure, and this has been accepted by later estimators. The an- 

 nual cut is now about three-quarters of a billion feet, with Louisiana 

 supplying approximately 65 per cent of the total. 



Hardicoods. — The amount of hardw^ood stumpage is very indefi- 

 nitely known, and is determinable only with difficulty, owing to the 

 scattered and uneven stands. It was estimated at some 435 billion 

 feet by the census of 1880, at possibly 300 billion by the census of 

 1900, and at 400 billion by the American Lumberman in 1905. AAliat- 

 ever the total stumpage ma}?- be, that which is fit for the saw is ra]> 

 idly decreasing. The hardwood cut in 1900 was 8,634,000,000 feet ; 

 in 1904, 6,781,000,000 feet. The present annual cut of hardwoods is 

 about 5 billion feet, consisting of approximately 43 per cent oak, 12 

 per cent poplar, 9 per cent maple, and lesser amounts of numerous 

 other species. 



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Such, in brief, are the leading estimates of our forest resources. 



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