Table 2.26—Volume and value of timber cut from National Forest System lands in the South,' by region, 1944-85 
South Southeast South Central 
Value Value Value 
Current 1982 Current 1982 Current 1982 
Year* Volume dollars dollars? Volume dollars dollars? Volume dollars dollars? 
Million Million Million 
board feet Thousands Thousands board feet Thousands Thousands board feet Thousands Thousands 
1944 322 2,655 21,411 132 728 5,871 190 1,927 15,540 
1945 384 2,586 21,915 158 TI2 6,542 226 1,814 15,373 
1946 337 2,314 19,283 143 633 352719 194 1,681 14,008 
1947 408 2,672 18,054 177 849 5,736 231 1,823 12,318 
1948 459 3,712 22,773 185 1,039 6,374 274 2,673 16,399 
1949 129 1,624 9,227 42 362 2,057 87 1,262 7,170 
1950 476 6,444 39,534 127 1,213 7,442 349 5,231 32,092 
1951 514 7,548 41,933 160 1,471 8,172 354 6,077 33,761 
1952 483 8,444 43,751 135 1,945 10,078 348 6,499 33,674 
1953 517 9,386 47,888 142 2,336 11,918 375 7,050 35,969 
1954 537 9,868 50,091 160 2,688 13,645 377 7,180 36,447 
1955 620 9,591 46,558 161 2,314 11,233 459 POAT S| 35,325 
1956 698 12,504 58,158 199 2,818 13,107 499 9,686 45,051 
1957 619 11,935 53,044 222 3,659 16,262 397 8,276 36,782 
1958 641 12,201 50,417 178 3,370 13,926 463 8,831 36,492 
1959 819 15,174 61,683 228 4,157 16,898 591 11,017 44,785 
1960 833 19,501 78,951 205 4,335 175951 628 15,166 61,401 
1961 800 18,767 75,068 245 5,511 22,044 555 13,256 53,024 
1962 766 16,541 63,865 229 5,047 19,486 537 11,494 44,378 
1963 804 15,780 59,547 252 4,693 17,709 552 11,087 41,838 
1964 780 15,178 55,801 284 5,509 20,254 496 9,669 35,548 
1965 844 17,067 60,737 267 5,140 18,292 577 11,927 42,445 
1966 849 18,542 63,068 292 5,871 19,969 557 12,671 43,099 
1967 890 21,527 70,580 369 7,778 25,502 521 13,749 45,079 
1968 743 22,770 70,495 257 9,070 28,080 486 13,700 42,415 
1969 875 22,479 66,506 369 7,597 22,476 506 14,882 44,030 
1970 922 23,921 65,003 401 8,984 24,413 521 14,937 40,590 
1971 872 24,401 61,309 472 11,967 30,068 400 12,434 31,241 
1972 1,002 28,111 60,066 392 8,827 18,861 610 19,284 41,205 
1973 954 28,412 58,102 406 9,493 19,413 548 18,919 38,689 
1974 928 34,590 64,897 438 15,449 28,985 490 19,141 35,912 
1975 904 32,931 54,342 315 9,520 15,710 589 23,411 38,632 
1976 1,355 60,249 93,700 396 13,725 21,345 959 46,524 12355 
1977 1,005 43,005 62,236 279 9,783 14,158 726 33,222 48,078 
1978 1,018 52,436 72,425 266 11,364 15,696 752 41,072 56,729 
1979 997 55,904 71,672 333 14,102 18,079 664 41,802 53,592 
1980 1,277 73,749 85,358 397 17,215 19,925 880 56,534 65,433 
1981 1,116 77,915 82,625 427 20,746 22,000 689 57,169 60,625 
1982 794 55,212 55,212 330 17,882 17,882 464 37,330 37,330 
1983 1,065 88,002 86,873 398 23,157 22,860 667 ' 64,845 64,013 
1984 1,244 104,281 99,221 419 25,443 24,208 - 825 78,838 75,012 
1985 1,349 94,836 87,892 402 22,913 21,235 947 71,923 66,657 
' National Forest System lands in Virginia excluded prior to fiscal year 1966. 
? Fiscal year. 
3 Converted to 1982 dollars by dividing expenditures in current dollars by the implicit price deflators for gross national product for total Federal Govern- 
ment purchases of goods and services through 1971 and for nondefense Federal Government purchases of goods and services for 1972-85, as reported by 
the U.S.Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. 
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