b U UU PINE SAWMILLS 



b Id bid HARDWOOD SAWMILLS 



THE BOARD FOOT CAPACITY OF SAWMILLS 



PER 10-HOUR DAY IS INDICATED THUS: 



1/300-19,000 20,000-39,000 40.000 8. OVER 



w u u (=1 mm 



Figure 21. — Distribution oj sawmills in Louisiana, 1937. 



transported the logs to the mill. As a result of the cutting 

 out of the large tracts of virgin timber, the construction of 

 good highways, and improvements in motorized equipment, 

 truck transportation has become common and is rapidly 

 increasing. The logging truck has been an important 

 factor in improved forest-management practices, because 

 it makes frequent light cuttings and the utilization of 

 scattered timber feasible. Furthermore, the advent of the 

 truck made more feasible the practice of buying logs 

 delivered to the mill. Some lumber manufacturers obtain 

 all their logs by purchase on the open market; a greater 



number supplement their own timber supplies with logs 

 purchased form logging contractors or from timber owners 

 who do their own logging. The practice oi buying logs at 

 the mill is likely to become more common. 



The Nonlumber Forest Industries 



Not only sawmills but also other forest industrial plants, 

 such as stave and heading mills, veneer plants, wood- 

 preserving plants, and pulp mills, form an important part 

 ot the industrial organization in Louisiana (fig. 23). In 



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