Table 2.3—Reported lumber production in the South, by major species or species group, selected years 1869-1984 
Million board feet, lumber tally 
Softwoods Hardwoods 
All Southern Other Oak— Gum Elm—ash— Other 
Year species Total yellow pine Cypress softwoods Total hickory and tupelo cottonwood hardwoods 
1869 1,493 1,136 1,083 26 327 357 219 ei (!) 138 
1879 2,804 2,174 2,034 105 35 630 376 10 (') 244 
1889 5,579 4,277 4,005 226 46 1,302 758 34 (') 510 
1899 12,067 9,816 9,314 483 19 275 1,185 163 384 519 
1904 14,153 11,900 132 723 45 2,253 1,114 309 338 492 
1905 11,041 9,312 8,481 735 96 1,729 752 237 275 465 
1910 18,449 = 15,231 13,830 905 496 3.218 1,728 575 271 644 
1915 15,368 13,199 12,055 899 246 2,169 1,006 558 209 396 
1920 12,046 9,551 8,877 526 148 2,495 1,093 796 175 431 
1925 17,791 14,163 13,165 846 152 3,628 1,481 1,288 263 596 
1930 10,572 7,940 7,402 483 55 2,632 1,090 928 198 416 
1935 8,166 6,259 5,910 318 31 1,907 791 622 142 312 
1940 12,961 10,590 10,094 401 95 2,371 973 692 153 553 
1945 11,504 7,392 7,027 226 139 4,112 1,780 1,367 168 797 
19507 13,885 9,904 9,481 (') (') 3,982 1,915 1,029 117 921 
1954 11,743 7,670 7,045 (‘) (‘) 4,073 (‘) (‘) (‘) (‘) 
1955 12,154 7,689 7,056 e (') 4,463 C) (') (') (‘) 
1960 9,299 5,870 5,474 @) fe) 3,429 (!) () (Ge) (‘) 
1965 10,770 6,778 6,398 Cy (') 3,992 (') (‘) (') () 
1970 10,812 7,186 C) CQ (‘) 3,626 (') (') (') (') 
1975 9,739 7,016 (‘) (‘) (') 2,723 (') (1) Cy (1) 
1980 10,268 6,937 C) (*) pe 3,331 (‘) ‘ (') e 
1981 9,306 7,040 (') ‘e eC) 2,266 (‘) @) (‘) (') 
1982 10,779 8,789 (') (') @) 1,990 © (') (‘) (') 
1983 12,695 10,290 C) (') (') 2,405 (') @ (‘) (') 
1984 13,417. 10,702 (') (') C) 2,715 (!) (1) (y (!) 
' Data not available. 
> Excludes Tennessee. 
3Excludes elm. 
Note: Data may not add to totals because of rounding. 
Sources: 1869—]945—Steer, Henry B. 1948. Lumber production in the United States 1799-1946. Misc. Publ. 669. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture. | 
233 p. 1950-84 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. [Annual issues.] Current industrial reports series: lumber production and mill stocks MA24T 
[M13G before 1955]. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. (Southern yellow pine entries for 1954-65 are from Southern For-_ 
est Resource Analysis Committee. 1969. The South’s third forest . . . how it can meet future demands. [Place of publication unknown]: Southern Forest Resource 
Analysis Committee. 111 p.) 
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