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damage every year; and, as in all northern forests, the growth in the 
volume of the trees is very slow, with consequent small increment. The 
Forest Service is making an inventory of these forests so that they may be 
gradually utilized as needs require. The timber mn these forests consists 
chiefly of spruce, balsam fir, poplar, and banksian pine. The quantity 
per acre varies between three and fifteen cords, mostly of pulpwood. 
This reserve can furnish millions of cords of pulpwood, and, as there are 
considerable water-powers on most of the streams, the future may see 
a number of pulp and paper mills established in the region. 
FOREST AND WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES 
Lumbering.—Large and important industries are based upon the 
raw materials obtained from the forests of Quebec. In 1927 according 
to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, there were 542,073 thousand feet 
Soard measure of lumber cut in the province. valued at $14,564,387. 
Hauling logs in Quebec 
Other products and by-products of the sawmill, such as lath, shingles, 
cooperage stock, etc., brought the total value of products of the lumber 
industry in 1926 to $22,802,029. The net value of products of the pulp 
and paper industry for 1927 was $152,792,644 an excess of $11,724,540 
over the value of products of the pulp and paper industry in 1926. The 
total value of the primary forest products of the province including logs 
for lumber, pulpwood, ties, poles, piles, firewood, mine timbers, etc.,