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Lalce States Produce Less Than Half of Timber Needs, Forest Report Shows

Washington, D. C., July 12.--:The Lake States of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin-up to 40 years ago the nation's leading source of lumber for three decades-today produce about one-tenth as much lumber as in their peak years, and that one-tenth provides for less than half of their own timber needs, according to a report on Lake States forest statistics by the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. The report shows a rise both in lumber production and consumption for the Lake States lrom 1932 through 1936.

The rise and fall of the Lake States as the nation's biggest wood-box stands out clearly in the statistical picture. From 1869 to 1889, the Forest Service charts show, the annual lumber cut in the three states rose from approximately three and ,one-half billion to 10 billion board feet. From 1889, the graph line representing production drops sharply and steadily to a low of appr,oximately 30O million board leet in 1932. From that point, however, the figures show a rise in production to just under one billion board feet in the next four years, with consumption rising a little more than twice that figure. The Lake States have consistently consumed more lumber than they produced since the World War, the imports coming from the South, the Pacific Northwest and Canada.

The report says that at the peak of production in the region there were 3,050 lumber mills, whereas in 1936 there were 626 reporting mills.

Tables on principal phases of lumber production, distribution and consumption are included in the report. Production of various species of timber for the year 1899 and annually for 1904-36 is tabulated by states. Other tables show the distribution by years of Lake States lumber in and out of the region, and likewise the lumber consumption in each state these figures showing points of origin

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