TIMBER 'DEPLETION'
Abstract The article presents information about the deletion of timber in the United States. One fourth of the land area in the United States is well adapted to the growing of timber stands. These stands supply one of the most important raw materials for the U.S. industry. The forest-products industry as a whole is the country's fifth largest industry; the pulp and paper industry, completely dependent on pulpwood, is the country's sixth largest industry. Practically all of the other basic industries are to some extent dependent on wood supplies. The United States was extremely fortunate in having abundant stands of old virgin forests during the early period of her development. It was a simple matter to procure timber from a new area when local supplies were exhausted. In this manner first the forests of the New England states were cut over, then those of the Lake states, those of the South and, finally, now, those of the West and Northwest.
- DOI
- 10.2308/tar-7053237
- Volume
- 22 (2)
- Pages
- 187-193
- Language
- en
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