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from fires, abundance of young well-growing stock, all combine to pro- 
long the supplies, and the outlook for the hard woods is far brighter 
than for the much more valuable pine. 
SUMMARY OF SUPPLIES. 
In the following tabulation the entire supply of wood materials 
standing is summarized and classified according to the uses that might 
be made of the same: 
Summary of wood supplies standing in Wisconsin, classified. 
As per cent of— 
5 ; Million | Conifers | 
Saw timber. feet B. M.| and hard- Total saw 
wood, | timber. 
resp. 
Conifers: 
White: Pine !os...252..2 oes Sas eae ane con eee eee eee eee 15, 000 52 | 33.3 
IN OF Way PinG foci ene seiaee  aaie a eee ee ERisins ccaieislaniee ieee 2, 300 SFI 5 
Hemlock se as ss Sea ae oe soe See See ene eee 11, 700 AQiaa 26 
otal soo Tet AES Oe Rs ree 29,000 100 64.3 
Hardwoods: ae <4 
Oak ee ee ee ee ee ee ee a e@enseeeaceane Beseaeteaeenawes 1, 400 8.6 3. 
BaSSWO0Gs- mrs aoe arlene oe aloe en are eta enclose cise en eees ciate teeter 4, 600 2 || 10. 2 
Birch: soe = S355 ies sea re Se eee ek a ene ne eee eee ee eee 4,150 26 | 9.3 
DD) eee ae ee acne nnn fre erase aie oat nab yan Gee le rN aE cr SSG DESOD 2, 650 16.5 | 6 
ASH sce ccc nt ase ah ee oo ed oo ee ee eae ee ee ee 900 5.6 | 2 
Maplez sc. 2 2550) igs sac sees ete ieto ae ace ae ee nee genes ae ere a 2, 300 14.3 | Bel 
Total eco sai Ge PS SS a ate ene ea en te ae re eae eee 16,000 | 100 | ats 7 
’ see Million 
Other supplies. eeraReNt: 
Poles, piling, ties, posts, etc.: 
Cedar ooo. 26.2 Bae as ce Se ene nee ese OEE eee eee 1, 300 
Tamarac: (8inches aad: Overy! ssa. 2:25 sia veoescearer— tors cis eye are face a srare a ate eet sre eke eae eee 1, 600 
Jack’ Piné(over-8 inches)\:sse5ec ea pa Sees eo ee ee eee ee eee CC ae ee Eee eee 1, 700 
Total <2oo esse go Oe aos Sees cee ee NS ages a 4, 600 
Thousand 
cords. 
Cord wood for pulp, fuel, charcoal, ete. : 
G05 110 C016) eee eee ES AOE Arr A Gh AC ARNCM AIS CONGO MOAAOOO SnOOOoe Odadoc 5, 500 
Jack Pinei(under 8)inches) 222% Ho eas ee ee eee 3, 600 
Tamarack=(under:8 inches) he eee esses eeeee oo eae td aie SoS aS Ee ee REE ree 3, 000 
Ss) OU: ene ire ee een ie aoe a ee ee eS See Pee SLuebtoaodoccZodouosece 1, 100 
Balsam oF es 2 ess Lee ee ee a eT ea ee ee 800 
‘Rotalsfor conifers sss o5-ao eee eee eee LAD ea es ee 14, 000 
Allkinds'of hard: woods... see oe ce eee eee ee ne tare a 60, 000 
Sapling pine under 8 inches, about 5,000,000 cords. 
It will be observed that an enormous amount of coniferous material 
exists which under present conditions possesses hardly a market value. 
Most of this material will grow into lumber and pulpwood, and it is to 
be hoped that its loss by fire may be averted. 
PRESENT ACCRETION OR INCREMENT. 
In North Wisconsin a grove of well-grown sapling pine timber, 60 
years old, may be assumed to cut at least as much as 15 cords of bolt 
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