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lOl'RE 36. — Poor Utilization of 

 lop material en cutting operation 

 north of Virginia, Minn. A 

 total of 14,151,000 cubic fe,t 

 [17 3,000 cords) of material was 

 I'ft or destroyed in the woods 

 through cutting operations in 

 1933. About 133,000 cords 

 were rough material in the upper 

 part of the tree stem, anJl 

 0,300,000 board-feel were in' 

 logs and bolts broken in fellin" 

 '<r lost en route from stump to 

 ■nili. 



Table 2b.— Cut of sawlimber and growing stuck, by geographic divi- 

 sion. .Minnesota. 193.3 



Class of material and species 

 group 



Dr, 



Growing stock: 



Softwoods 



Aspen.. 



Other hardwoods 



Total 



Sawtimber: 



Softwoods 



Aspen 



Other hardwoods 



Total 



Total 



Milliom 



cu. /(. 



78.0 



44.2 



32.0 



1S4.2 



Million 



bd.-ft. 



138.1 



44. 1 



79.5 



North- 

 eastern 



Million 

 cu./t. 

 74.2 

 39.1 



122.1 



Million 

 td.-fl. 

 132.6 

 38.0 

 21.4 



South- 

 easlern 



Million 

 cu. fl. 

 2.0 

 2.1 

 16.8 



20.9 



Million 

 bd.-Jt. 

 2.9 

 2.2 

 45.6 



Weste 



Million 

 cu./t. 

 1.8 

 3.0 

 6.4 



I rends in Timber Cut 

 Lumber Decline Hailed 



Lumber manufacture in Minnesota declined \n\-- 

 cipitatcly from 1899 to 1934 (fig. 41). It rose con- 

 siderably during World War II and the postwar 

 years, reaching a peak of 244 million board-feet in 

 1947. During the period 1946-54 production aver- 



11.2 



Million 

 bd.-ft. 

 2.6 

 3.9 

 12.5 



I'A. 



r'2 II 



19.0 



Within the northeastern division, some significant 

 differences appear. The 1953 cut of softwood pulp 

 species in the district accessible to Brainerd, Bcmidji. 

 and Grand Rapids was equivalent to 4.3 percent of 

 the softwood pulpwood timber inventory. The cut 

 in Lake of the Woods and Koochiching Counties 

 was 3.4 percent. In the Counties of St. Louis, Lake, 

 and Cook, the cut was but 2.5 percent of inventory, 

 reflecting poorer accessibility and more difficult 

 logging conditions. 



LUMBER 

 LOGS 



PULPWOOD •: 



FUELWOOD 



ALL OTHER 

 PRODUCTS 



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' ■ • * 



20 



40 60 



PERCENT 



80 



100 



C'M'] Sawtimber 



Poletimber 1,1 Other 



Figure 37. — Proportion of sawtimber and poleluiihtr cut fur fun \t 

 products, 1933. 



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