more miscellaneous wood products as well as more lumber were 
sonsumed by the farmers. Our mines needed more lagging, props 
and stulls. In short, every possible use of wood required larger 
and larger quantities to meet the requirements of the fast and 
permanently developing nation. 
Since 1907, despite alternate waves of prosperity and depres- 
sion, war and peace, industrial and agricultural growth has con- 
inued, but at a somewhat reduced rate. Not every wood product, 
however, has increased in consumption. The use of wood for fuel, 
for instance, has tended to decrease as extended transportation 
facilities enable greater distribution of coal and oil. The produc- 
sion of lumber has been somewhat reduced since its high mark of 
907 as a result of relatively smaller purchases in agricultural 
communities, changes in building requirements which necessitate 
the use of materials stronger than wood, and world war conditions. 
The consumption of pulp wood, handle and furniture stock, ties, 
vehicles stock, cratimg material, and many other products, however, 
have tended to make up these reductions. And wood has main- 
tained its relative importance among basic commodities. 
ANNUAL UNITED STATES FOREST DRAIN 
BY PRODUCTS 
FUELWOOD 
LUMBER 
FENCING 
HEWN TIES 
PULPWOOD 
MINES 
MISCELLANEOUS 
JAMAGE BY FIRES, 
INSECTS,ETC 
nN 
5 
BILLION CUBIC FEET 
FIGURE 2 
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