UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1241 
Washington, D. C. 
July 29, 1924 
HOW THE UNITED STATES CAN MEET ITS PRESENT AND FUTURE PULP- 
WOOD REQUIREMENTS. 1 
By Earle II. Clapp, Assistant Forester, and Charles W. Botce, Forest Exam- 
iner, Forest Service. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
Reasons for inquiry: Its scope 
Why we should seek independence in pulp- 
wood supplies 
Current American requirements: How they 
are supplied 
Current requirements and their importance 
Development of the American industry — 
Prior to the use of wood 
The wood-pulp period 
How present and past requirements have 
been met 
Pulp wood 
Wood-pulp grades 
Paper grades 
Countries.- 
Species and groups of species 
Probable future requirements 
Probable future paper requirements 
Raw pulp materials other than wood 
Probable future pulp-wood requirements ._ 
How we can supply present and future pulp- 
wood requirements 
Present timber resources, drain, and re- 
placement .--. 
Present and probable future area of forest 
land 
How we can supply regional pulp-wood 
requirements 
Middle Atlantic States 
New England States 
Lake States 
Pacific Coast States.- 
Alaska 
Southern States 
Rocky Mountain States 
Central States 
33 
35 
How can we supply present and future pulp- 
wood requirements— Continued. 
National timber growth under forest man- 
agement 60 
Possible growth under crude forest man- 
agement 60 
Possible growth under intensive forest 
management 61 
Essential supplementary measures for meet- 
ing requirements 62 
Utilization of logging and sawmill waste 
and integration of timber-using in- 
dustries 62 
Increased use of waste paper 63 
Reduction of waste in pulp and paper 
manufacture 63 
Modified pulping processes and wider 
use of species 64 
Conclusion 65 
Outstanding findings 65 
The problem ._ 66 
The solution _. 67 
Essential supplementary measures 67 
Growing pulp wood the fundamental 
solution 67 
The solution of the immediate spruce-fir- 
hemlock problem 68 
The solution of the future spruce- fir-hem- 
lock problem 69 
The solution of the pine and hardwood 
problems 69 
The share of the public and of the industry 
in the solution 69 
Appendix 71 
Acknowledgment is made to J. C. Dort for data on the water-power resources of Alaska; to John D. 
Rue for data on a modified pulping process; to William N. Sparhawk for assistance in the preparation of 
the regional timber-stand tables; to Joseph Kittredge, jr., for the tables showing timber growth; to Robert 
V. Reynolds for the table showing the drain on American forests; to the Bureau of the Census for lumber 
cut, pulp-wood consumption, and wood-pulp production statistics for 1922; and to William B. Greeley 
and Herbert A. Smith for a critical review of the manuscript. 
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