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Text. ...................................................... 1 

Figures : 

1. Pulp mills drawing wood from Southern Forest 

Survey territory, 1948.......... .................... ii 

2. Pulpwood production by county in Southern Forest 

Survey territory, 1949.................... .......... 3 

Tables : 

1. Pulpwood production in Southern Forest Survey 

territory, 1947 and 1948....... ..................... 2 

2. Pulpwood production in Alabama, 1948.. .................. 5 

3. Pulpwood production in Arkansas, 1948.... ............... 7 

4. Pulpwood production in Louisiana, 1968.. ................ 9 

5. Pulpwood production in blississippi, 1948...... .......... 11 

6. Pulpwood production in Oklahoma, 1948... ................ 13 

7. Pulpwood production in Tennessee, 1948 ......... ......... 13 

8. Rilpwood production in Texas, 1948 ....... . ... ........... 16 

PULFdOOD PROWCTION 

IN SOUTHERN FOrlSST SURVZY TEilRITORY, 194F 

By Albert L. Tofte and William S. Stover 

Southern Forest Experiment Station 

Pulpwood production in the seven States of Southern Forest 

Survey territory reached another all-time high in 1948. Total production was 5,025,900 cords, an increase of 14 percent over 1947. 

Each of the seven States showed an increase (table 1). 

Largest output was in Mississippi, where 1,433,900 cords were 

produced. Alabama had second largest production, with 981,900 cords, 

having moved from third place in 1947. Ranking of the other States 

was Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Oklahoma, in the order named. 

Pine accounted for 90 percent of the production, or 4,523,000 

cords; hardwood accounted for 10 percent, or 502,900 cords. The pine 

pulpwood included all species of southern pines. Among the hardwoods, 

sweetgum and blackgum accounted for a major part of production, with 

lesser amounts of cottonwood, willow, and other species. In Tennessee, 

43,535 cords were produced from dead chestnut, a decrease of 14 percent from 1947. 

In addition to pulpwood produced from standing timber, 3,547 

cords of veneer cores were used by pulp mills. 

The pulpwood produced in Southern Forest Survey territory in 

1948 went to 36 different pulp mills. Of these, 25 mills were located within the territory and 11 were outside--in Florida, Georgia, 

North Carolina, and Virginia (figure 1). 

New pulp mills drawing wood from the territory went into operation during 1948 at Natchez, Mississippi; Pensacola, Florida; and Macon, 

Georgia. Another mill is under construction at Childersburg, Alabama, 

and plans have been announced for a mill at Natchez, Mississippi, to 

manufacture rayon pulp from hardwoods. In addition, expansion or 

modernization programs have been recently completed, are under way, 

or have been announced for 10 or more existing mills. 
Table 1.-Pulpwood production in Southern Forest Survey territow, 

1947 and 1948 

1947 1948 :Increase 

State : ~~t~l : pine : Hard-: ~~t~l : pine : Hard- :from 1947 

sd . : wood :to 1948 

----------- Thousand cords - - - - - - - Percent 

Ala . 777.7 749.4 28.3 981.9 932.2 49.7 26.3 

Ark. 596.6 5W.7 54.9 616.7 566.9 49.8 3.4 

La. 870.3 842.5 27.8 953.8 910.7 43 .l 9 -6 

Miss. 1,279.1 1,041.0 238.1 1,433.9 1,226.6 207.3 12.1 

Okla . 29.9 29.9 . . 34.3 34.2 0,1 14.7 

Tenn. 141.3 42.4 98.9 181.7 67.7 114.0 28.6 

Tex . nl.1 667.2 43.9 823.6 784.7 38.9 15*8 

All 

States 4.406.0 3.914.1 491.9 5.025.9 4.523.0 502.9 14 -1 

Production of pulpwood by county is shown in figure 2 and 

in tables 2 through 8. 

Data on 1948 pulpwood production in this reldase are based 

on reports from the 36 pulp mills drawing wood from Southern Forest 

Survey territory and on Louisiana and Mississippi severance-tax 

data. County data are based on county or shipping-point information furnished by 32 mills and on severance-tax data. The county 

data are only approximate, but totals for groups of counties 

should have little error. 

All volumes are in standard cords (128 cubic feet) of rough 

wood, bark included. 

Table 2.--Pulpwood production in Alabama, 1948 

County Pine Hardwood : Total 

---- - - - Standard cords - - - - - - - 

Autauga 

Baldwin 

Barbour 

Bibb 

Blount 

Bullock 14; 863 

Butler 19; 698 

Calhoud 2; 236 

Chambers 24;751 

Cherokee 2,517 

Chilton 

Choctaw 

Clarke 

Clay 

Cleburne 

Coffee 

Colbert 

Conecuh 

Coosa 

Coving ton 

Crenshaw 

Cullmn 

Dale 

Dallas 

De Kalb 

Elmore 

Escambia 

Etowah 

Fayette 

Franklin 

Geneva 

Greene 

Hale 

Henry 

Houston 

Jackson 

Jefferson 

Lamar 

Lauderdale 

Lawrence 
Table 2.--Pulpwood production in Alabama. 1948 (Continued) 

County Pine Hardwood Total 

Lee 

- - - - - - - - Standard cords - - - - - 

30,264 . . 30.264 

Limestone . . Lowndes 13,854 

Macon 15,466 

Madison . . 

Marengo 

Marion 

Marshall 

Mobile 

Monroe 

Montgomery 

Morgan 

Perry 

Pickens 

Pike 

Randolph 

Russell 

St. Clair 

Shelby 

Sumter 

Talladega 

Tallapoosa 11,792 . . 11,792 

Tuscaloosa 19,738 338 20,076 

Walker 1,070 . . 1,070 

Kashington 51,372 9,525 60,897 

Tlilc ox 20,724 750 21,474 

Winston 45 150 195 

Total 932,244 49,691 981,935 
Table 3.--~mood uroduction in Arkansas. 1948 

- 

County Pine : Hardwood : Total 

. . ------- Standard cords - - - - - - 

Arkansas . . . . . . Ashley 43,240 6,137 49,377 

Baxter 202 A - '202 

Benton 

Boone 

Bradley 

Calhoun 

Carroll 

Chicot 

Clark 

Clay 

Cleburne 

Cleveland 

Columbia 

C onwa y 

Craighead 

Crawf ord 

Crittenden 

Cross 

Dallas 

Desha 

Drew 

Faulkner 

Franklin 

Fulton 

Garland 

Grant 

Greene 

Hemps tead 

Hot Spring 

Howard 

Independence 

Izard 

Jackson 

Jefferson 

Johnson 

Lafayette 

Lawrence 

Lee 

Lincoln 
Table 3.-Pulpwood production in Arkansas. 1948 (Continued) 

County Pine Hardwood- Total 

-------- Standard cords - - - - - 

Little River 16,637 652 17¶ 289 

Logan 803 . . 803 

Lonoke 271 . . 271 

Madison 

Marion 

Miller 14,681 . . Mississippi . . Monroe . . Montgomery 5; 431 

Nevada 11,567 

Newton 

Ouachita 

Perry 

Phillips 

Pike 

Poinsett 

Polk 

Pope 

Prairie 

Pulaski 

Randolph 

St. Francis 

Saline 

Scott 

Searcy 

Sebastian 

Sevier 

Sharp 

Stone 

Union 

Van Buren 

Washing ton 

Pmite , 

Woodruff. 

Yell 

Total 
Table 4.--Pulpwood production in Louisiana. 1948 

Parish : Pine : Hardwood Total 

----- - - - Standard cords - - - - - 

Acadis 5,894 , 62 5,956 

kllen 36; 030 4,305 40,335 

Ascension 3,712 . . 3,712 

Assumption . . Avoyelle s 165 . . 16; 

Beauregard 9,318 

Bienville 56;564 

Bossier 26;364 

Caddo 19; 495 

Calcasieu 24,578 

Caldwell 15,961 

Cameron . . Catahoula ' 561 

Claiborne 42,224 

Concordia . . De Soto 17,662 . . 17,662 

East Baton Rouge 4,319 297 4,616 

East Carroll 1,975 1; 975 

East Feliciana 15,6;< 1,206 16, 865 

Evangeline 24,070 163 24,233 

Franklin 81 . . 81 

Grant 16,842 127 16,969 

Iberia . . *. . Q 

Ibenrille . . . . Jackson 47,228 787 48,oi; 

Jefferson 

Jefferson Davis 13,466; 

Lafayette . . Laf ourche' . . La Salle 18,499 

Lincoln 

Living ston 

hhdison 

Morehouse 

Natchitoches 

Orleans 

Quachita 

Plaquemine s 

Pointe Coupee 

Rapides 
Table 4.--hluwood production in Louisiana, 1948 (Continued) 

Parish Pine Hardwood Total 

- - - - - - - Standard cords - - - - ' - 

Red River 10,866 . . 10,866 . . 

Richland * 14 . . ' 14 

Sabine 23,265 . . 23,265 

St. Bernard . . . . e e 

St. Charles . . . . . . 

St. Helena 10,475 

St. James . . St. John the Baptist . . St. Landry 934 

St. Martin . . St. Mary 

St. Tammany 

Tangipahoa 

Tensas 

Terrebonne 

Union 

Vermilion 

Vernon 

Washington 

Vebster 

. . . . . . West Baton Rouge . . . . a. 

. . Vest Carroll . . . . . . Test Feliciana 1,710 . . 1; 710 

Kinn 68.227 8% 69.051 , 

Total 910,703 43.120 953.823 
Table 5.--Pulpwood production in Mississippi, 1948 

County Pine Hardwood : Total 

----- - - Standardcords - - - 

Adams 3, 785 1; 493 5; 278 

Alcorn . . 3; 449 3; 449 

Amite 23; 867 3; 509 27;376 

Attala 32,758 4,721 37,479 

Benton . . . . ... 

Bolivar 

Calhoun 

Carroll 

Chickasaw 

Choctaw 

Claiborne 

Clarke 

Clay 

Coahoma 

Copiah 

Covington 

De Soto 

Forrest 

Franklin 

George 

Greene 

Grenada 

Hancock 

Harrison 

Hinds 

Holmes 

Humphreys 

Issaquena 

Itawamba 

Jackson 

Jasper 

Jefferson 

Jefferson Davis 

Jones 

Kemper 

Lafayette 

Lamar 

Lauderdale 

Lawrence 

Leake 
Table 5.--Pulpwood production in Mississippi. 1948 (Continued) 

County Pine Hardwood : Total 

Lee 

Leflore 

Lincoln 

Lmde s 

Madis on 

Marion 

Marshall 

Monroe 

Montgomery 

Neshoba 

Newton 

Noxubee 

Oktibbeha 

Panola 

Pearl River 

. . . . -- - - - - - Standard cords - - - - - 

Peri-y 37; 096 @,402 43; 498 

Pike 32,602 . . 5,870 38,472 Pontotoc . . . . e. 

. . Prentiss . . 675 675 

Quitman . ~ . . . s we 

. , 

Rankin 42;353 6,319 48,672 

Scott 48,618 79112 55p730 Sharkey ,867 ' 280 1; 147 

Simpson 28; 308 7,859 36167 

Smith 13,559 2, 299 15,858 

Stone 20,349 1,785 22,134 

Sunflower 41 o e W 

Tallahatchie . . 26 26 

Tate . . . e e 

Tippah . . . - -. 

Tishomingo 3,298 

Tunica . . Union . . Talthall 11,402 

Tarren 15 

Washington 15 

Wayne 

Webster 

Wilkinson 

Wins ton 

Yalobusha 

Yazoo 

Total 1,226,570 207.321 1,433,891 
Table 6.--Pulpwood production in Oklahoma. 1948 

County i Pine Hardwood : Total 

- - - - - - - Standard cords - - - - - Choctaw 5,866 . . 5,866 

Latimer 1,063 . . 1,063 

Pittsburg 474 . . 474 

Pushmataha 1.801 32 1.833 

Total 34. U2 77 34,319 

Counties with no pulpwood production are omitted. 

Table 7.--Pulpwood groduction in Tennessee, 1948 

County : Pine : Hardwood . Chestnut , Total 

- - - - - - - Standard cords - - - - - - - 

Anderson 457 18 14 489 

Bedf ord . . . . 15 15 

Benton . . 2,437 . . 2,437 

Bledsoe 2,981 4, 050 . . 7,031 

Blount 637 14 . . 651 

Bradley 1,807 127 . . 1,934 

Campbell 107 . . 159 266 

Cannon . . 510 ' 510 

Carroll . . 4,688 4, 688 

Carter . . . . 86; 863 

Cheatham 10 . . . . 10 

Chester 

Claiborne 

Clay 

Cocke 

Coffee .. 1,800 1,215 3,015 

Crockett . . . . .* . . Cumberland 9,9W 9, 014 198 19,153 

Ilavidson . . . . . . . e 

Decatur . . . . . . . . 
Table 7.--Pulpwood jroduction in Tennessee. 1948 (continued) 

County ' . Pine Hardwood Chestnut - Total -~~ ~ 

. . . . . ' - - - - - Standard cords - - - - - - - ~. . , 

De Kalb s s *. o. . m . . . . Dickson . . . . 

. . . . ... 60 60 

Qrer o s . . . . . . ~ayette . e . . Fentress . . 3,466 . . 1, OG ." 4,534 

Franklin 17 

Gibson *. 

Giles *. 

Grainger 12 

Creene 104 

Crundy 

Hamblen 

Hamilton 

Hancock 

Hardeman 

Hardin . e q a me 

Hawkins 88 300 3% 784 

Haywood s o a a . . . . Henderson e o 1; 612 -. 1; 612 

Henry .* 2,850 -. 2,850 

Hiclanan 

Houston 

Humphrey s 

Jackson 

Jefferson 

Johnson 

Knox 

Lake 

Lauderdale 

Lawrence 

Lewis 

Lincoln 

Loudon 

McMinn 

McNairy 

Macon 

Madison 

Marion 

Marshall 

Maur-Y 
Table 7.--Pulpwood produdion in Tennessee. 1948 (Continued) 

County ' - Pine : .Hardwood Chestnut : Total 

... - - - - - - - -'Standard cords - - - - - - 

Meig s . . . . . ,, e . d 

Monroe 16,730 757 681 18,168 . . . . Montgomery . e . . . . .* 

Moore . . . . . e a. 

Morgan 280 1,162 . . . . . . 1,442 . . 

Obion 

Overton 

Perry 

Pickett 

Polk 

Putnam 

Rhea 

Roane 

Robertson 

Rutherford 

Scott 

Sequatchie 

Sevier 

Shelby 

th 

Stewart 

Sullivan 

Sumner 

Tip ton 

Trousdale 

Unicoi . . 18 2,736 2,754 

Union 16 . . . . 16 

Van Buren . . . . . . . . Warren . . 4,200 150 4,350 

Washington 33 . . 89 122 

Wayne . . . . . . . s 

Weakley . . ' 38 . 38 

White . . 3,413 3,8% 7,2a 

Williamson . . . . . . -. 

Wilson . . . . . . . e 

Total 67.655 70.461 43.535 181.651 
Table 8,--Pulpwood production in Texas. 1948 

County g Pine Hardwood Total 

- - - - - - - Standard cords - - - - - - 

Anderson 28,042 2,357 30,399 

Angelina 36; 093 981 37; 074 

Bastrop ' 39 190 229 

BaYie 12,991 . 171 13,162 

Burleson o a 14 14 , . C aldwell o o 59 

. . ' 59 

Camp 5; 040 e 59040 

Cass 25; 862 o o 25; 862 

Cherokee 58,004 2,881 60,885 

Fayette 100 100 

Franklin 69 6 - 69 6 

Gregg 10,808 3 07 11,115 Grimes 8,485 146 8,631 

Hardin 17; 792 179 17; 971 

Harris 9;949 417 10,366 

Harrison 4,157 e o 4,157 

Henderson 835 s a 835 

Houston 51; 839 2p 698 54; 537 

Jasper 323782 4, 571 37;353 

Jefferson 4,264 4; 264 

Lee a a 1,369 1,369 

Leon 13 - 17 30 

Liberty 33; 780 1,728 355 508 

Marion 19; 870 19; 870 

Montgomery 71; 132 193G 72; 515 

Morris 6; 734 .o % 734 

Nacogdoches 44; 179 3; 219 47; 398 

Newton 226338 1,445 23; 783 

Orange 16,492 122 16 614 

Panola 9; 805 - 200 1% 005 

Polk 27,142 4,892 32,034 

Red River 568 5 68 

RUS~ 17; 221 1,438 18,659 

Sabine 18,472 37 6 18,848 

San Augustine 28; 466 76 28, 542 

San Jaointo 21 ; 660 608 22; 268 

Shelby 23,715 839 249 554 

81th 7,027 342 7,369 

Titus 306 -a 3 06 

Trinity 37,201 1,806 39,007 Tyler 159901 666 16,567 

Upshur 11,268 @ - 11,268 

Walker 28,905 3,311 32,216 

wall* 184 a- 184 

Wood 14.658 @ a 14,658 

Total 784,715 38,908 823,623 

1/ Counties with no pulmood production aTe omitted.