Original stand of pine in north Wisconsin. 
[Only the 27 counties visited are involved here. | 
{Yield per| Yield for| Yield of 
pada. town- river | river as | eee 
Name of river basin. ay g ship | basin | percent | (million | Remarks. 
neina (million (million | of total | feet) 
: feet). | feet). | per cent.| z 
Sap et ee ok os ee | 40 225 | 9, 000 | 7 250 
StiCLOberas cn sae 2b ee} 100 | 125 12, 500 | Shih 3,500 | Considerable  jack- 
| | pine barrens. 
RediCedansse see eee cee | 40 | 200 8,000 | 6525) 475 | 
Chippewa... seo snes 175 | 200 35, 000 | 27 | 3, 500 | 
IWASCONSIN SG: 2--e sae 32 ee | 172 | 175 30, 100 23.1 | 2,800 Much hard-wood area. 
IWrolitiescdssascceee nee | 60 |- 125 7, 500 5.8 475 | Do. 
Ocontomzeceeeess=ee Sposease 28 | 125 3, 500 2.7 | 150 | Do. 
Peshtigo-ecesa-mscecs see | 27 | 150 4, 050 3.1 500 | 
Menominee . 23: h-- 222225 | AT | 150 7, 050 5.4 1,500 Only Wisconsin side. 
Rivers to Lake Superior. --| 76 150 11, 400 8.8 | 4, 200 
Rivers to Green Bay...---- U 200 1, 400 1s Bal be Bese a 
Mobalerstees Seee fips eae eee ‘PT WCU Dee | 17, 400 | 
| | 
Of these 129.4 billion there is approximately— 
Billion feet. 
Standing at present. 25942232325. 328 eo ee ee ee 17.4 
Cut. between 1873 tod898 . 272220 en as eo eee ee 66 
Probable: cut i840 todsi3e.. acces cee ete en ee eee 20 
A ceounted for: 2.528 de ces ee sc Saeed See ae ee eee 103. 4 
Leaving about 26 billion feet as probably wasted, chiefly destroyed by fire. 
Present.—In considering the present supply of pine, both White 
and Red (Norway), of which fully 80 per cent is owned by lumbermen, 
it must be borne in mind that, in spite of many years of logging, but 
few townships of the better stocked regions, outside of settlements, 
have been logged clean, and counties like Chippewa, Clark, Marathon, 
and even Wood stili continue to furnish large quantities of pine logs of 
all sizes. It is also interesting to note in this connection that it is not 
so much a lack of good logs, but the fact that of late everything is cut 
clean, which has reduced the average size of logs to half of what it 
was twenty years ago. In ascertaining the standing timber it is espe- 
cially the fragmentary or culled condition of the forest which makes gen- 
eral or wholesale estimates difficult, and causes the opinions on pine 
supplies to vary within such wide limits. ‘Most men know little about 
what their neighbors have,” and “the man whose pine supply is nearly 
at anend, and who finds it difficult to buy more stumpage, thinks that 
everybody shares his trouble.” These two statements, variously ex- 
pressed, may be heard in many places, are readily verified in every 
county, and fully indicate the difficulty. 
The figures in the following table represent the results of a diligent 
and careful inquiry into the present condition of supplies. It is be- 
lieved that, though somewhat higher than those of the majority of esti- 
mators, they are still quite conservative in the aggregate and justly 
apportioned among the several counties. 
