Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-06-02
The Timber Supply.

From the census bulletin of the Gov.
ernmest officer in charge Of the lumber
statistics in the department at Washing
Ton, the following interesting figures to
builders. as well as lumbermen, have
been taken:
The white pine supply of Wisconsin
IL put at 4l,OO0, 100000 feet, and the
product Of the census year 2,O97, 299,-
oOO feet. The pine forests take in
about 900, 900 acres. The hard wood
supply is estimated at $4,000. 900 cords.
and the product for 1880 at III, ,O41 900
feet. The cedar swamps cover about
1.365. 900 acres, and are estimated to
contain 62,S00.000 posts. telegraph
poles and railroad ties.
The white pine supply Of Michigan
amounts to $4,000, 100000 feet in the
lower peninsula, and 6,O00, 900 in the
upper peninsula. The product for the
census year was 4, ,O68, 773. 900 feet in the
lower peninsula. and 1923, ABS, 900 in the
upper. The hard wood supply of the
lower peninsula is 575. 500, 900 cords Of
wood, distributed over 10000, 900 acres.
The product in the census year was
44O. 900 feet. not including lG3, 3,S2l,-
600 slaves, and IL, SCI 600 sets of head
ings. The hard wood supply of the up
per peninsula is l24 800. 600 cords of
wood distributed over 10000, 900 acres.
The product for the census year was
! 1,l45,OOO feet. The tamaracI and cedar
swamps of the State contain ", 800, 600
cords of wood.
In Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin,
statistics are given as to hard wood rs
we'll rs pine. The standing pine (white)
in Minnesota is estimated at 6,100, ,OOO,-
600 feet, and the amount cut in the CEN
sus year is put at $40, 997 1886 feet. OF
the hard wood lands it Is estimated that
3,S4O, 600 acres remain, capable of yield
ing an average of fifteen cords of wood
to the acre. The cut product for tho
census year amounted to 36.SSi,O0
feet. 1925, 600 slaves and $4,000 sets
beading.
In Mississippi the merrtantable pine
has been practically removed from 3
9l2,0 acres. Outside this cut-over
district there are standing 17.20O. .OOO,-
600 feet of long-leaved pine and 6,775.-
OOO.OOO feet OF short-leaved pine. The
amount cut in the census year was l0S,-
600. 900 feet oflonS-leaved and 7,775.OO0
feet of short-leaved pine.
The pine forests of Texas are con-
fined to n strip of territory about 100
miles wide and POO miles long. living
just south of tho Red River and Just
west of the Sabine River. During the
year ending May 81. 1880. there were
cut IN the State &c. 10000 feet (board
measurc) of long-leaved pine. lag. 420,-
600 feet of shortleaved pine, and 63.-
$4,000 feet of loblolly pine. The esti-
mated amount Of merchantable pine
standing in the Texas district includes
6.093, 200, 900 feet of short-leavcd pine.
20,508, 500. 600 feet of lonS-lived pine.
and 20.907. 100. 900 feet of lobl6lly pine.
In Alabama .2S2. 900 acres of the pine
lands have been cut over. and on Co.,
OO0 acres the merchantable pine has
been injured by the manufacture of tur-
pcntine. Outside of these districts there
is standing 1885, 200. 900 feet of long
leaved pine and 2.307. zoo. 900 feet Of
short-leaved pine. The amount cut in
the census year was pa. 1876. 600 feet of
long-leaved pine.
In Florida the pine forests extend
over the greater portion of the State,
but are not, as a rule, heavy. The
amount cut in the census year was 208,-
054. 900 feet of long-leaved pine. and the
estimated amount standing is $685.
100000 feet, all long-leaved pine.