22 BULLETIN 1119^ if. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
countries. Thus, muddling through in Anglo-Saxon fashion^ we shall 
finally bridge the gap between the pioneer methods of the past and 
scientific use of forest lands. 
It is by no means a cheerless future that lies before us. On the 
contrary, it is full of promise — after the pinch is past. It means 
restoration instead of destruction. It means permanence of the 
limiber industry instead of sawmills wandering from end to end of 
the country. It means the steady flow of national wealth from the 
TIMBER REMOVEID eLACH YEAR FROM FORESTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
PURPOSE OR CAUSE 
• or PEr^OVAU 
I ^uot wood 
Z Lumber and ss<^cd ties .. 
3 Fencing 
* Fire. 
5 Me-/ed Tiem 
6 Insects, disease, etc 
7 Pulpvttood. 
6 Round mine timbers 
i Tight stages 
Tight heading 
SlacM stages 
Slach heading. _ 
Hoops 
10 Vehicle stoch, /lartdles, 
wooden ware, furniture etc 
II Shingles - 
12 Dis filiation 
O Tjnntng extract 
MVeoecr logs 
IS Poles 
16 Export- legs, and hewn 
timbers — 
n Loth 
10 Excelsior. 
IS Piling.. 
AMOUNT ay 
UNITS 
'.OUIVA 
.1 10,000,000 cords ... 
.*0,700,OOOU board feet 
.300,000, 000 posts 
.07,300, OOO ties . 
.. .4,SS0, OOO cords.. . 
..2SO, OOO, 000 Cubic feet 
.186,000, OOO sta,'es\ 
...Zl, 000,000 sets 
1,010,000,000 sta,es >••• 
61,000,000 sets 
..333,000,000 hxps J 
670,000 Mboarti feet 
..a,eSO, 000 Ushinflea. 
..l,SS0,0eO cords.. 
.J, 2S0, OOO cords . 
eso, OOO M feet logs 
..4,250,000 pales. . 
ZOO, OOO tf board feat 
..Z,37S,0OO Mlatn 
200, 000 cords 
SOO, 000 pieces. .. 
IN BILLION CUBIC FEET Or STANDING TIMBER REMOVE. D 
12 3 4 
lis 
note Data af^ilabl^ ir% 19^0 hjve been .aseci The lumber 
figure IS the ayerage of lO /ears, IS(^9 to IS IB. The fire 'cij is 
an eatimatad average including bad years Such aa ISlO and iSi9 
Lath ismacta from siitbs etc., and is a/ready incluc/eid with the 
lumber, hance is shown by outlining the actual CubiC coatant 
TOTAL- 26,0*S,3IS, OOO CU. FT 
or STANDING TIMBCf* 
INCLUDINS WASTE. 
10 
/O. ■*SO. OOO. OOO -I 
TIMBER ADDED EACH YEAR TO THE FORESTS OF THE UNITED STATES BY GROWTH 
FOREST REGION 
GROWING AREA 
ACRES 
THIS DIAGRAM EXPRESSES BILLIONS OF CUBIC FEET OF STANDING TIMBER ADDED 
THE PERCENTAGES SHOW THE RELATIVE QUANTITY OF SAW riMOCR, THE REMAINDER 
BEING COROWOOO 
12 3-^ 5 
I South Atlantic and 
East Gulf. 
? I ower Mississippi .. 
3 Central. 
4 Pacific Coast. 
5 Middle Atlantic 
C New England.. 
7 
6 Rocky Mountain 
Total of all Regions.. 
S3,96o,ooa 
...44,275,000 
47,312.000. 
II,7I7,OOO.T^.... 
20,352,000. 
n, 133,000 
26,500.000. 
/7,ai€.ooo 
245, 115,000 
S. 99 i OOO OOO - 
consumrtion crcatl y c^cccos qro^tm 
The total arnuaf gro-\lh of rvcod in .ill forms IS 
less than one-four t r, f l^e amount consumed 
The annual ijrowth of sofiivood is less 'nan cngfiflh 
the am Qu nt consurnect 
BASIS IS REPORT 
ON SENATE RESOLUTION 311, JUNEI,l9ZO. FOREST SERVICE, U. S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURC 
Fig. 12. — Only 35 per cent of the wood now growing is fit for lumber. The volunteer crop of untended and 
fire-swept forests naturally can not equal the product of intelligent management. 
great areas now treeless which once nom'ished the magnificent forests 
of the past. It guarantees work as essential and constructive as that 
of the farmer, with steady wages for hundreds of thousands of men. 
For many it will prove an opening door of opportunity to ^et 
away from the cities and back to the land. The secondary industries 
which would spring up would provide work, wages, and prosperity 
for additional hundreds of thousands of skilled artisans. A dozen 
Governments of Europe would eagerly embrace such an opportunity 
to provide happy and healthful occupations for the unemployed, and 
utilize waste lands so fortunately located with respect to climatic 
conditions that they are capable of growing the most valuable forest 
