Lumber constitutes the most important wood commodity used in 

 California, but considerable amounts of the so-called minor 1 forest pro- 

 ducts are also consumed. It is estimated that about 85 million Cubic 

 feet of fuelwood are used each year, 11 million cubic feet of fence posts, 

 and 15 million cubic feet of miscellaneous products. With the exception 

 of paper and pulp, annual imports of which are equivalent to about 50 mil- 

 lion cubic feet of timber, most of the minor products consumed in the 

 State are cut in California forests. 



With regard to future wood consumption in California, it appears 

 that both total and per capita requirements are decreasing. Lumber con- 

 sumption is declining in building construction, largely because the popula- 

 tion of the State is becoming stabilized and the industrial plant is ex- 

 panding more slowly. In addition to the passing of pioneer and boom con- 

 ditions, changes in types of construction and the substitution of other 

 materials for lumber are also reducing the consumption of wood. Although 

 the amount of building in the future undoubtedly will decrease to moro or 

 less of a maintenance basis, it soems probable in the light of current 

 trends that future consumption of lumber for box shook should not be mater- 

 ially less than at present. 



Secondary Wood-Using Industries 



In addition to the lumbering industries which manufacture lumber 

 and minor products from logs, there are a considerable number "of plants 

 in the State which remanufacture lumber and veneer prior to its final 

 consumption. These secondary wood-*using industries, using lumber as a 

 principal raw material, manufacture a wide variety of products, including 

 box shook, millwork, furniture and fixtures, cooperage, caskets, and 

 numerous miscellaneous items. With the exception of "box factories, a 

 large number of which are operated in conjunction with sawmills in the 

 pine region of the State, most of these wood-using industries are con- 

 centrated in the metropolitan districts of the larger cities. Individual 

 establishments vary in size from one-man shops to large industrial plants 

 employing scores of men. 



The total quantity of lumber and veneer remanufactured by the 

 secondary wood-using industries of California amounted to about 550 mil- 

 lion board feet in 1933, or slightly less than half tho amount remanu- 

 factured in 1928. More than a third of the total lumber consumed in the 

 State ordinarily is remanufactured by the wood-using industries prior to 

 final use. 



California woods arc used for the most part by the wood-using 

 industries, only one-seventh of the total lumber remanufacturod in 1933, 

 for example, coming from outside the State. Ponderosa pine is by far the 

 most important species used, accounting for about 80 percent of the box 

 shook and for a large part of the sash, doors, and millwork. Sugar pine 

 is also remanufactured into boxes and millwork, while sizeable amounts of 

 redwood lumber go into sash and doors, tanks, and caskets* Spruce is 

 remanufactured largely into boxes and crates, while Douglas fir goes into 



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