THOUSAND 
CORDS 








1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 
YEAR 

FIGURE 55.—Pulpwood drain in South Carolina, by species group, 1936-48. 

in the Coastal Plain, as indicated in the following ANNUAL PULPWOOD CUT NEARLY A MILLION CORDS 
tabulation: ; ; ‘ 
Cae eS ek Shea abd CaF RSIS The rise of the pulp and paper industry in South 
: 1936 1942 1946 : a 2 SAC 7 j ; 
Region: LS GTO COL Carolina Since 1937 represents apmayen development in 
GoastalPlainy re. esccy ioe 1,567 1,206 864 the commodity drain picture. Prior to 1937 one small 
Piedmont ............... 422 439 396 ulp mill, the Carolina Fibre Company mill at Harts- 
pup jpesey 


Z ville, producing corrugated board and wrapping paper 
SouthGarolina- =. =... 1,026 851 641 P S 3 fgets ele 
* Data obtained in cooperation with Bureau of the Census. from black gum, accounted for practically all the pulp- 
—— EEE ee ee ee 
FIGURE 56.—Most of the pulp- 
wood in South Carolina is 
cut by the employees of 
producers who sell through 
dealers. 

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44 Forest Resource Report No. 3, U. S. Department of Agriculture \ 
