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FiGuRE 46. — Cords of commodity drain per 
1,000 cords of growing stock in trees 
5.0 inches 4.b.h. and larger, 1946. 
Pulpwood drain has been steadily increasing since 
1936. The two large pulp mills at Georgetown and 
Charleston have increased their capacity in recent years 
as have most of the mills in adjoining States which 
draw wood from South Carolina. In 1948 another large 
pulp mill started operating at Savannah, Ga., adding 
further to the drain on South Carolina’s timber. Recent 
announcements indicate a new mill to use hardwoods 
for dissolving pulp will be built at Charleston. Thus, 
all the evidence points toward a continued high level 
of pulpwood drain. 
Timber Supply Outlook in South Carolina 





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Fuel wood ranks with pulpwood as an item of drain, 
although more than half of it is cut from hardwoods. 
Fuel-wood production for home consumption 1s not 
greatly affected by fluctuations in economic conditions ; 
if anything, it tends to decrease during boom times, as 
labor is relatively expensive then, and in many instances, 
it is cheaper to use oil for home heating. Large amounts 
of fuel wood are also used for tobacco curing in the 
northeastern part of the Coastal Plain. The prospect of 
continued high tobacco acreages, encouraged by price 
supports, promises to put a high floor under future 
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