Table 20. — Annual allowable cut of principal pulpwood sftecies, by 

 geographic division, iVfinnfwIa, 195.^ 



Species 



Toial 



North- 

 eastern 

 division 



South- 

 eastern 

 division 



Western 

 division 



Softwoods: 

 Jack pine 

 Spruce 



Thousand 



cords 



371 



314 



225 



Thousand 



cnrdf 



357 



310 



224 



Thousand 

 cords 

 .I 



Thousand 

 cord I 



11 

 4 



Balsam (ir. . 



1 









Total. . 

 Aspen.. 



910 



1.130 



891 

 965 



4 



92 



15 

 73 



All pulp species , . 



2,040 



Lsse 



96 



88 



In total growing stock, the alJowable cut estimate 



was hisjhrr in 105.1 for all species groups (table 21). 



'J'abi.k. 21. — Comparison of 79-36 and 1953 annual allowable cut on 

 cnmmrrcinl fnrrsi Innd. hx spenrs Qrnuf), Afinnesota 



Species group 



Su-.n 



imbc. 



All growing Steele 





1936 > 



1953 



1936' 



1953 



Sofiwouds 



.\spen» 



Other hardwix)Js 



MiUion 



bd.-ft. 



195.2 



87.5 



80.9 



MiUion 



bd.-ft. 



22'. ) 



144.2 



156 3 



Million 



cu. ft. 



48.7 



71.6 



36.9 



MiUion 

 cu.fl. 

 95.5 

 95.0 

 56.5 



Total 



-363.6 



523.8 



157.2 



247.0 



> 1936 original figures adjusted to current survey standards of measure. 

 ' Includes balsam poplar. 



Changes in allowable cut are not dependent 

 entirely upon changes in the forest itself. Inevitably 

 they are influenced also by economic considerations. 

 The 195.3 estimate reflects considerable improvement 

 in the market demand and consequently closer 

 utilization than for the depression years when the 

 previous estimate was made. In other words, coming 

 in a more favorable economic period, and after 

 substantial improvements have been made in trans- 



portation systems, logging methods, and management; 

 l^ractices, the estimate includes a more optimistic i 

 appraisal of what can be cut practicably. 



If growth trends contimir upward into the future 

 as a result of improved forestry practices, allowable 

 cut should rise likewise until eventually it will equal j 

 growth. C'onservative projections indicate the pos- | 

 sibility of increasing the cut by inoic fh.in ^0 piM-rnit 

 before the end of the centurv. 



bOU 



500 



it! 400 



1 



Q 300 



5 200 

 -J 



100 





 300 



250 



K. 



^ 200 



$ 150 



1 100 



50 









SAWTIMBER 





Aspen 

 Hordwoods 



Softwoods 



Aspen 



Hardwoods 

 Softwoods 



/ 



't. 



















GROWI^ 



JG STOCK 













|;:;:;:i:i:i:;:i:;: 





^m^^^ 





1936 





1953 



J 



Figure 24. — Companions uj annual alluwable cut Jur sawlimber and 

 all growing stock, 1936 and 1953. 



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