SHORTLEAF PINE: IMPORTANCE AND MANAGEMENT. 
ANNUAL CUT OF SOUTHERN YELLOW PINE. 
The annual cut of southern yellow pine has for many years far 
exceeded in total amount that of any other species or group of 
Of the seven leading groups shown in 
species in the United States. 
Table 3, yellow pine furnishes annually nearly as much as the com- 
bined output of all the other groups. 
TABLE 3.—Lumber cut of the seven leading woods in the United States, in the 
order of rank in production for 1913+ 
Kind of wood. 
Yellow pine ?...... 
Douglas fir. ......-. 
die eee 
White pine.......- 
PermMOCk Fo. eT. 
Western pine.....- 
@yipress: =... 2. .25.- 
Rank Lumber sawed. 
in 
fie: Proportion of total cut of 
uc- : roportion of total cut o 
tion Quantity (M feet b. m.). all species (per cent). 
1913 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 | 1913) 1912\ 1911 | 1910| 1909 
1/14, 839, 363|14, 737, 052|12, 896, 706/14, 143, 471/16, 277, 185} 38.7) 37.6) 34.9] 35.3] 36.6 
2) 5,556, 096} 5, 175, 123} 5, 054, 243] 5, 203, 644] 4, 856,378] 14.5] 13.2] 13.7] 13.0; 10.9 
3| 3,211, 718) 3,318, 952) 3,098, 444] 3,522,098) 4,414,457] 8.4} 8.5) 8.4) 8.8] 9.9 
4{ 2,568, 636] 3,138, 227] 3, 230, 584) 3,352, 183] 3,900,034] 6.7) 8.0} 8.7) 8.4] 8.8 
5} 2,319, 982] 2, 426, 554] 2,555, 308) 2, 836, 129) 3,051,399) 6.0] 6.2] 6.9} 7.1) 6.9 
6| 1,258, 528] 1,219, 444| 1,330, 700] 1,562,106] 1,499,985} 3.3] 3.1] 3.6} 3.9] 3.4 
7| 1,097,247) 997,227) 981,527} 935,659) 955,635] 2.9] 2.5] 2.7) 2.3] 2.1 
38, 387, 009|39, 158, 414/37, 003, 207/40, 018, 282/44, 509, 761|100. 0/100. 0/100. 0/10 
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1 Bureau of Census reports in cooperation with Forest Service, 1909-1912; Bureau of Crop Estimates 
in cooperation with Forest Service, 1913. 
2 All southern yellow pine except a very small amount of pitch pine and scrub pine in the Middle and 
North Atlantic States. 
3 Total of all woods (about 40 species). 
The cut of yellow pine ranged from 36.6 per cent of the entire cut 
of the country in 1909 to 38.7 per cent in 1913, when it amounted to 
14,839,363 board feet. Of the eight States holding highest rank in 
1913 in timber production, five owe their importance chiefly to their 
output of yellow pine, of which a large proportion is shortleaf. 
The production of yellow pine by States in 1913 is shown in Table 4. 
TABLE 4.—Production of yellow-pine lumber in 1913 by States. 
State. 
United States. 
Louisiana.......... 
Mississippi.......-. 
PRO KASS 00 ssl k ccs 
um- 
ver, ber of 
Quantity. | age of eoue 
otal TopSrE. 
cut art 
Board feet. Per ct 
14, 839, 363,000 |100.00 | 7,639 
3, 092,375,000 | 20.8 299 
2, 224,711,000 | 15.0 540 
-| 2,024, 231,000 | 13.7 317 
1,515,102,000| 10.2] 1,522 
.| 1,395,059,000 | 9.4 744 
-| 1,174, 498, 000 7.9 467 
A 923, 873, 000 6.2 193 
State. Quantity. 
Board feet. 
Walyentb pose desasoas 810, 362, 000 
Georgiataee. -cieseee 662, 043, 000 
South Carolina..... 635, 426, 000 
Oklahoma.......... 120, 860, 000 
Moarylandio23 232... 65, 143, 000 
Tennessee......-..- 60, 137, 000 
MisSouniee > See s-eee 57, 023, 000 
All others2......... 78, 520, 000 
1 Bureau of Crop Estimates and Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
2 Includes establishments distributed as follows: Connecticut, 24; Delaware, 35; Illinois, 3; Indiana, 2; 
Towa, 2; Kentucky 
Pennsylvania, 193; 
195; Maine 
25; Massachusetts, 30; New Hampshire, 3; New Jersey, 46; Ohio, 25; 
Rhode Island, 6; Vermont, 3; and West Virginia, 86. 
