APPENDIX. 
Table 1. — Pulpwood consumption: Quantity of wood consumed by kinds, with per cent 
of distribution, 1909, 1914, 1916, and 1917. 
1917 
1916 
1914 
1909 
Kind of wood. 
Quantity 
(cords). 
Per 
cent 
distri- 
bution 
Quantity 
(cords). 
Per 
cent 
distri- 
bution 
Quantity 
(cords). 
Per 
cent 
distri- 
bution 
Quantity 
(cords). 
Per 
cent 
distri- 
bution 
Total 
5,480,075 
100.0 
5,228,558 
100.0 
4,470,763 
100.0 
4,001,607 
100.0 
Spruce: 
2,385,966 
681,450 
775,003 
313,955 
92, 298 
382,036 
142, 094 
75,382 
58, 732 
41,155 
33, 181 
32,993 
32,513 
3,807 
3,562 
183,317 
8,649 
233,982 
43.5 
12.4 
14.1 
5.7 
1.7 
7.0 
2.6 
1.4 
1.1 
.7 
.6 
.6 
.6 
.1 
.1 
3.3 
.2 
4.3 
2,399,993 
701,667 
760,226 
329,370 
82,326 
301,032 
90,310 
80, 068 
33,271 
37,974 
49, 425 
22,211 
37,391 
11,481 
2,545 
* 77, 762 
10,662 
200,844 
45.9 
13.4 
14.6 
6.3 
1.6 
5.8 
1.7 
1.5 
.6 
.7 
1.0 
.4 
.7 
.2 
( 5 ) 
1.5 
.2 
3.9 
1,892,739 
768,056 
602, 754 
328,513 
61,644 
125, 296 
141,359 
15, 320 
( 8 ) 
39,648 
18, 176 
11,935 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
211,436 
253,887 
42.3 
17.2 
13.5 
7.3 
1.4 
2.8 
3.2 
"".'3" 
"'"".'9' 
.4 
.3 
"Tf" 
5.7 
1,653,249 
768,332 
559,657 
302,876 
25, 622 
95,366 
90, 885 
0) 
( 2 ) 
( 3 ) 
37, 176 
36, 898 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
. ( 2 ) 
182,569 
248,977 
41.3 
19.2 
14.0 
Poplar: 
Domestic 
7.6 
.6 
2.4 
2.3 
White fir 
.9 
.9 
Gum 
White pine 
Beech, birch, chestnut, and 
maple 6 
4.6 
Slabs and other mill waste. . . 
6.2 
1 Included in "yellow pine." 
2 Included in "all other species." 
3 Included in "domestic poplar" previous to 1916. 
* Not including "chestnut." 
6 Less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. 
6 Mils keep no separate record of species. 
7 1909 figures= Bureau of the Census and Forest 
Service. 
8 1914 figures= Bureau of the Census. 
» 1916 figures= Forest Service. 
10 1917 figures= Forest Service. 
Table 2. — Annual consumption of pulpwood and total cost for specified years. 
Year. 
Consumption 
(cords). 
Total cost. 
1899 
1,986,310 
3, 192, 123 
3,661,176 
3,962,660 
3,346,953 
4,001,607 
4,094,306 
4,328,052 
4,470,763 
5, 228, 558 
5,480,075 
$9,837,516 
17,735,665 
26,411,887 
32, 360, 276 
28,047,473 
34,477,540 
1905 
1906 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1914 
39, 408, 453 
145,785,682 
60,815,057 
1916 
1917 
1 Not including cost of slabs and other mill waste in Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and 
Virginia. 
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