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FIGURE 2.— Forests mean jobs, income, and business to hundreds of rural communities throughout the State. In 1947, primary 
forest products were valued at 72 million dollars — second only to the cotton crop. 
rural homes in the State and in curing two-thirds of the 
tobacco crop, and the value of all primary forest 
products cut that year was as follows: 
Value, 1 1947 

Primary forest product: 

Million dollars Percent 
Sarwil oes eae setircticdcirecs 4 Wises as ores 30 42 
Ruclewoodereceses. cle seisiaiac sect 17 24 
wl pw ood teeta ee cn ce oh canes as 11 15 
Weneereboltswsn snc iclace- snows 9 12 
@ thereto a inneteher aloe Sioisvsiel cine 5 v 
otal Wescrnce sce eis ias ee sree YP 100 
* Average value per unit of forest product times estimated 
production. 
Timber Supply Outlook in South Carolina 
Further, the farm woodlot presents an opportunity to 
the farmer to put his time and equipment to profitable 
use in the woods during the offseason. 
Equally dependent upon the local forests are the 
people who do not own any timber but who derive part 
or all of their livelihood from local woods and mill 
activities (fig. 4). Included in this group are the full- 
time woods and mill workers connected with the more 
permanent types of operations, as well as the tenants, 
subsistence farmers, and transient workers who work 
part time to provide a supplement to their incomes. To 
many tenants and subsistence farmers, woods and mill 
