.'able 12. - Current annual growth and drain. 



V 



Item 



Total growth 

 Total drain 



From fire 



From insects 



From disease 



2/ 



From all wood utilization- 

 Ratio drain to growth 



Combined saw- 

 timber and cord-; 

 wood 



Million 

 cuMc_ feet 



154.6- 



501.3 



25.3 



125 = 1 



350.9 



3,2 



Sawtimber 

 only 



Million 

 b oard feet 



414.2 



2,649.3 



110,5 



620 oO 



1,918.8 



6,4 



1/ Data are an approximate average for the period 1935-40. 



2/ In .1935 wood cut for lumber only totalled 283 „ 3 million 

 cubic feet or 1,647,5 million board feet. In 1940, the 

 total lumber cut was 1,958.2 million board feet. 



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