CUT OF LUMBER. 
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Total cut of lumber in Wisconsin for the year 1897 {taken from the 
Northwestern Lumberman, January 22, 1898. 
Million Feet B. M. 
4 < 
Name of district. 
White and 
Norway 
pine 
(alone.) 
Hemlock. 
Hardwood. 
Below Minneapolis,” i. e., on 
Mississippi Riveri. 
284.3 
3.8 
7.1 
St. Croix Valley 2 . 
105.0 
Chippewa Valley. 
274.8 
18.8 
“Omaha” Road (Ch., St. P., M. & 0. R. R.) 
185.2 
> 26.7 
W isconsin V alley. 
398.7 
23.6 
60.6 
Wisconsin Central Road. 
134.1 
24.3 
84.5 
Lake Shore (Ashland Branch). 
126.5 
18.9 
61.1 
Ashland district. 
265 3 
2 6 
“Soo” Line (N. St. P. & S. St. M. R. R.)... 
,50.2 
2.6 
7.1 
East Central Wisconsin. 
36.6 
9.9 
6.9 
Southern Wisconsin. 
10.3 
Miscellaneous. 
2.7 
Duluth District. 
34.0 
Green Bay Shore (a) below Menominee 3 .... 
129.0 
) 
f 11.9 
6.0 
Green Bay Shore (b) on Menominee. 
167.0 
) 
Total. 
2190.7 
116.4 
273.0 
1 Only M of the original item is supposed to be cut on Wisconsin soil. 
2 Only Yz of the original item is supposed to be cut on Wisconsin soil. 
3 Only Vz of the original item in Menominee is supposed to come from Wisconsin, but 
the part “below Menominee” is all credited as cut in Wisconsin. 
The following table, the data for which have been taken from 
the annual statements of the lumber cut, as given by the 
Northwestern Lumberman represents chiefly the output of 
pine. Since in the original statements Wisconsin was not clearly 
separated from Minnesota on the one hand and Michigan on the 
other, it was necessary to modify some of the original figures. 
The a Duluth District” was entirely left out as being supplied 
from Minnesota although West Superior is included in this 
item. This latter item could be segregated and added to the 
