


ACKNOWLEDGMENT 
Many individuals and agencies assisted in assembling material for this 
publication. The South Carolina State Commission of Forestry provided the 
services of H. R. Scott on the inventory phase and G. W. Pettigrew on the 
drain phase and, in addition, furnished most of the photographs used in 
the report. W. J. Barker, extension forester, and his staff helped materially 
in obtaining fuel-wood drain information, The U. S. Department of Com- 
merce, Bureau of the Census, obtained reports on 1946 lumber production 
and sawlog drain by counties. The wood procurement officials of pulp mills 
and other wood-using plants were uniformly helpful in furnishing informa- 
tion on wood receipts by source. 
J. W. Cruikshank, chief, Division of Forest Economics, Southeastern 
Forest Experiment Station, was responsible for organizing all phases of the 
project. In this he was ably assisted by Arthur S. Todd, Jr., and J. F. 
McCormack. Field work on the timber inventory phase under the supervision 
of M. B. Bryan was done by the following men: F. A. Bennett, R. W. Cooper, 
N. F. Force, J. H. Davidson, D, W. Warner, H. R. Scott, and J. J. Zirkle, Jr. 
The computation of field data was done under the direction of Agnes 
Creasman, assisted by Christine Paxton and Priscilla Walker. The statistical 
‘check of this report was made by Theresa G. Hoerner and Agnes Creasman. 

















