The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-02-23
The Timber Supply.

From the census bulletin of the Gov
eminent 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
is put at 41,000, O00,00 feet, and the
product of the census year 2,097, 299,-
0G0 feet. The pine forests take in
about %, 500, 900 acres. The hard wood
supply is estimated at $4,000, 900 cords,
and the product for 1880 at III, 041, 900
feet. The cedar swamps cover about
1865, 900 acres, and are estimated to
contain 62,800,00O posts, telegraph
poles and railroad ties.
The white pine supply of Michigan
amounts to $4,000, 100000 feet in the
lower peninsula, and 10000 IN the
upper peninsula. The product for the
census year was A, O68, 773, 600 feetia the
lower peninsula, and 1928, 438, 900 in the
upper The hard wood supply of the
lower peninsula is 575, 500, 900 cords of
wood, distributed over 10000, 600 acres.
The product in the census year was
440, ga, 900 feet, not including 1913, S21,-
900 slaves, and Is, 567, 600 sets of head
ings. The hard wood supply of the up
per peninsula is 124, 100000 cords OF
wood distributed over 10000, 900 acres.
The product for the census year was
las, 900 feet. The tamarack and cedar
swamps of the@State contain $500, 900
cords of wood.
In Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin,
statistics are given as to hard wood as
well as pine. The standing pine (white)
in Minnesota is estimated at 6, 100, O00,-
600 feet, and the amount cut in the CEN
sus year is put at $40, 997, 1856 feet. OF
the hard wood lands it is estimated that
S,S40, 600 acres remain, capable of yield
ing an average of fifteen cords of wood
to the acre. The cut product for the
census year amounted to sc, 1884, 600
feet, 1925, 900 slaves and 547, 900 sets
heading.
In Mississippi the understandable pine
has been practically removed from p
912. 900 acres. Outside this cut-over
district there are standing 1900, 0OO,-
600 feet of long-leaved pine and 6,775,-
900, 900 feet of shOrt-leaved pine. The
amount cut in the census year was I0S,-
600, 600 feet of long-leaved and z, US, 900
feet of short-leayed pine.
The pine forests of Texas are con-
fined to a strip of territory about 10C
miles wide and 200 miles long, lying
just SOuJn OF the heu hlNeT anu just
west of the Sabine River. During the
year ending MAY 81, 1880, there were
cut in the State sc, 450, 600 feet (board
measure) of long-leaved pine, 1f6, 420,-
900 feet of shOrt-leaved pine, and g.
570.O feet of loblOlly pine. The esti-
mated amount of understandable pine
standing in the Texas district includes
90, 093, 200, 600 feet of short-leaved pine.
20, sos, 200, 600 feet of Iong-lived pine,
and 20, 9O7, 100, 600 feet of 1oblolly pine.
In Alabama /, 282, 900 acres of the pine
lands have been cut over, and on Co.,
600 acres the merchantable pine has
been injured by the manufacture of tur-
pentine. Outside of these districts there
is standing Is, sS5, 900. 600 feet of long
leaved pine and 1907, 900, 900 feet of
short-leaved pine. The amount cut in
the census year was 245, 1876 900 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 20S,-
054, 900 feet of long-leaved pine, and the
estimated amount standing is $685.
600. 900 feet. all long-leaVed pine.