4 BULLETIN 308, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
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TABLE 2.—LEstimated total stand of shortleaf pine timber in the United States 
for 1913. 
Region. Sige as ie Region. Sendue ae 
Eleven Southern States (6 States Board feet. Kentucky, Tennessee, and West | Board feet. 
and parts of 5 States) 1.........- 73, 400, 000, 000 War gimMaie. canals sac iee eee 455, 000, 000 
Virginia, North Carolina, South New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela- 
Carolina, and Georgia (parts) 2...| 1,144,000,000 ware, and Maryland ©........... 16,100,000 — 
National Forests of Arkansas ?....} 1,608,900,000 || Growth, 1910 to 1913, inclusive 7....| 3,000,000, 000 
Oklahoma +. 2 oes eoee eee , 200, 000, ——— 
Total ess.. ee ee 80, 824, 000, 000 
1 Based on Bureau of Corporations report ‘‘The Lumber Industry, Part I, Standing Timber.’’ (Ala- 
bama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas; parts of Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, 
South Carolina, and Virginia) and annual cut at rate of 4.1 per cent. ; 
2 Reports of North Carolina Geological Survey; other States estimated on basis of comparative area 
with North Carolina and known character of stand. 
8 Forest Service estimates for Arkansas (1,500,000,000 feet) and Ozark (108,900,000 feet) National Forests. 
4 Rough estimate from general knowledge of area and character of distribution. : _ 
= State report of Kentucky (195,000,000 feet) and two other States estimated on basis of comparison with 
entucky. 
6 Rough estimates by States, based upon general character of distribution and regional studies by States 
or Forest Service. 
7 Growth at rate of 1 per cent annually, after allowing for loss by fire, etc. 
