provides about half the logs. The data on source of 
logs by size of mill reveal that only the largest mills 
obtain any appreciable volume of logs from their own 
land. 
TABLE 13.—Source of sawlogs by physiographic province, 19401 
Source of sawlogs coastal Piedmont Moun State 
Percent Percent Percent Percent 
Mull-owned land2=2_ #22. 18 9 16 15 
Purchased stumpage__________ 56 56 44 54 
Ritrchasedilogs = seen eer ses 12 6 8 9 
Gontractisawings = ===) = sass 13 24 15 17 
Gustomiusawinge esos eee 1 5 7 5 
1 These percentages are believed to be approximately correct for 1945 also. 
Lumber Manufacture 
Accurate information on lumber production was 
obtained for 1942 through a complete canvass of all 
sawmills by the United States Forest Service in coop- 
eration with the Bureau of the Census, the War Pro- 
duction Board, and other public agencies. The survey 
showed that 2,618 sawmills produced 1.2 billion board 
feet of lumber. Of these, only 9, producing more than 
5 million board feet per year, could be classed as large 
LEGEND 
Annual production in thousand boord feet 
2 
IDOLE ela On9.99) 
* 1,000 TO 4,999 = 5,000 TO 9,999 
tu 10,000 & OVER 
mills. The remainder, mostly small mills, (fig. 39) 
producing an average of 8,000 board feet or less daily, 
produced 89 percent of the lumber (table 14). Every 
county in the State had at least 4 active sawmills; some 
counties had over 80 (fig. 40). 
The 1.2 billion board feet produced in 1942 is no 
index of the potential capacity of the State’s saw- 
mill industry. By activating the more than 650 idle 
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Ficure 39.—A typical medium-size stationary sawmill, 
capacity 15,000 board feet per day. 
Ficure 40.—Location of sawmills in Virginia, 1942. 
Virginia Forest Resources and Industries 
