The forests of the United States . icient to supply the sawmillsof the United States for four years, under the present rate of cutting. The amounts of each of the four species composing this total are asfollows: Summary of timber in western Washington. Species. M feet B. M. Per centof total. Fir 66, 208,86116,192, 27614, 699, 7596, 402, 605 6416146 Cedar Hemlock If we assume that the logged area contained on au average the sameamount of timber per acre as is still standing in other areas, it appearsthat since lumbering began in this region there have been cut from it36,000,000 thousand feet B.
The forests of the United States . icient to supply the sawmillsof the United States for four years, under the present rate of cutting. The amounts of each of the four species composing this total are asfollows: Summary of timber in western Washington. Species. M feet B. M. Per centof total. Fir 66, 208,86116,192, 27614, 699, 7596, 402, 605 6416146 Cedar Hemlock If we assume that the logged area contained on au average the sameamount of timber per acre as is still standing in other areas, it appearsthat since lumbering began in this region there have been cut from it36,000,000 thousand feet B. M. If we make the same assumption regarding the burned area, it appearsthat there have been destroyed by fire, without the least benefit to theworld, the enormous amount of 40, thousand feet B. M. of who has passed the late summer and early fall in this State St NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PART V 103 101° ¥¥51 WW£! 1 *£> £^ S aS US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PARTV NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT PART V. PL. II I S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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