NEW MEXICO 



THE SITUATION IN 1962 



New Mexico's timber products in 1962 included saw logs for lumber, commercial poles, 

 posts, mine timbers, fuelwood, miscellaneous industrial wood (excelsior bolts, converter poles, 

 and house logs), and various farm timbers. 



The total output of roundwood products from New Mexico's forests was 46.3 million cubic 

 feet in 1962 --14 percent more than in 1952 but 13 percent less than in 1960. Forty-three per- 

 cent of the 1962 production came from National Forests and 21 percent came from other public 

 lands, principally Indian lands; the remaining 36 percent came from privately owned forests. 

 Nearly half the output was ponderosa pine. 



New Mexico Timber Products Output by Species, 1962 



White, subalpine, and corkbark firs 



Saw logs accounted for nearly four-fifths (78 percent) of all roundwood production in 1962. 

 Of the 248 million board-foot total, 218 million board feet went to mills in New Mexico and the 

 remainder went to mills in Arizona and Colorado. More than half (54 percent) of all saw logs 

 were ponderosa pine. 



Posts, fuelwood, and miscellaneous farm timbers (as a group) were next in importance on 

 a volume basis. These items totaled nearly 10 million cubic feet, or more than one-fifth of the 

 total of all products. 



Round mine timbers, miscellaneous industrial wood, and utility poles made up the remain- 

 ing 1 percent of the State 's roundwood products . 



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