\ 



I NORTHEASTERN, 



I (96 percent) 



"•■--v. 



WESTERN 



(2 percent) 



I SOUTHEASTERN 

 I (E percent) 



Figure 30. — Where pulpwood was cut in 1933. 



Nearly all the wood was cut in the northeastern and 

 north-central part of the State. Species most in 

 demand were tamarack, jack j^inc, and cedar. 



Current Rate oj Cutting 



The total cut of timber pioducts in 1953 was 

 213,403,000 cubic feet or about 2,667,500 cords. This 

 is lower than the cut in 1951 but slightly above that of 

 1950 and 1952. 



Not All Cut Is From Growing Stock 



Approximately 72 percent of the output came from 

 growing stock — sound, live sa\vtimbrr and polctimbcr 

 (fig. 35). 



Cull trees and dead trees contributed substantial 

 volumes to the 1953 cut. Fuelwood operations took 

 the major share of this type of material, but some went 

 into mine timbers, some into posts, and a little into 

 other products. Saplings (i. e., trees less than 5 

 inches in diameter) yielded some merchantable 

 products. Small spruce was used for pulpwood, cedar 

 for fence posts, other species for fuel and miscel- 

 laneous products. Some of the cut was obtained 

 from lands classed as noncoinmercial or nonforest. 



Logging Residues Rather Large I 



About 10 percent of the cut of growing stock con- !j 

 sisted of logging residues — material left in the woods 'i 

 or lost in transit. There is generally close utilization j 

 of the better grades of timber in Minnesota, but among . 

 the less-favored species and poorer grades, especially 

 in localities distant from good markets, some volume 

 of potential product is left in the woods (fig. 36). , 



Sawtimber Trees Furnish 39 Percent of Cut 



Sawtimber trees containing 261,697,000 board-feet 

 of logs plus 150,000 cords of top wood supplied 39 per- 

 cent of the total volume taken for timber products in 

 1953. As would be expected, the proportion of saw- 

 timber cut ran highest in lumber operations, lowest 

 in pulpwood (fig. 37). 



Softwood and Hardwood Cut Ecual 



The total cut of growing stock in 1953 was 51 per- 

 cent softwood, 49 percent hardwood. The proportion 

 of softwood ran a bit higher in ilie sawtimber cut — 53 

 percent (table 24). Jack pine among the softwoods 

 and aspen am.ong the hardwoods contributed the 

 largest volume. 



Table 24. — Timber cut from growing slock in Minnesota, liy species, 

 79-,3 



Spc 



Softwoods: 

 White pine . 



Red pine 



Jack pine 



Spruce 



BaU.iin fir... 



Tamarack 



Cedar 



Total 



Hardwoods: 

 Sugar mapte. 

 Soft maples . 

 Yellow birch. 



Basswood 



Elm 



Red oak 



White oak.. 



Aspen 



Cottonwood. 

 Whice birch. 



Ash 



Black walnut 

 Other" 



Total 



.Ml species 



Total 



Saw-log 



Cordwoi "\ 





material 



materi.il 



Thousand 



Thousand 





cu. ft. 



bd.-ft. 



Cords 



4,363 



19,385 



13,000 



5,475 



23.817 



18,000 



25.326 



54.466 



189,0(10 



23,617 



14.650 



259,000 



13,375 



15.207 



129,0(10 



3,074 



4.043 



28,0110 



2,736 



6.523 



19,000 



77.966 



138.091 



655,000 



1.169 



1.927 



10,0(10 



537 



1.660 



3,000 



544 



1.342 



4,000 



3,058 



13.269 



12,000 



3,955 



11.823 



23,000 



10,453 



22.404 



52,000 



3,484 



7.448 



49,000 



43,949 



43.981 



428,000 



1,686 



6.025 



8,000 



3,517 



8.027 



25,000 



2,020 



3.633 



15,000 



180 



360 



2,000 



1.634 



1.707 



13,000 



76,186 



123,606 



644,000 



1^4,1': 



v\ j.'iy 



l,3W,(iOO 



' Boxelder, willow, hickory, hackbprry, cherry, butternut, locust. 



30 



Forest Resource Report No. 13, U. S. Department of Agrictiltiire 



