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VENEER 
Ficure 42.—Location of active and idle forest-products plants other than sawmills, 1945. 
fourth of the cut. Approximate lumber production by 
counties is shown in figure 41. 
Loblolly, shortleaf, and Virginia pines made up 49 
percent of the total lumber production in Virginia in 
1945, other softwoods (white pine, cedars, hemlock), 
6 percent. Oaks comprised 27 percent, gums and 
_ yellow-poplar 12 percent, and other hardwoods 6 
percent. 
Veneer 
The veneer industry was represented in Virginia in 
1945 by 18 operating plants: 8 in the Coastal Plain, 
5 in the Piedmont, and 5 in the mountains (fig. 42). 
It consumed 29.3 million board feet of veneer logs, of 
which 10.7 million board feet came from outside Vir- 
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ginia. ‘These imports were partially offset by exports 
of 1.3 million feet to North Carolina. The Coastal 
Plain plants consumed 56 percent of the total, Pied- 
mont plants 18 percent, and those in the mountains 
26 percent. 
The principal product was commercial veneer for 
furniture (fig. 43), with smaller amounts of container 
veneer for fruit and vegetable baskets, shipping-box 
veneer, and plywood. Practically all of the commer- 
cial veneer and most of the other types were sold to 
the local market, in which the State’s extensive furni- 
. ture industry was the largest buyer. 
Of the total consumption of 29.3 million board feet, 
three-fourths was gum and yellow-poplar, about one- 
tenth was other hardwood, and 6 percent was oak. 
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