POSSIBLE ANNUAL GROWTH IN THE 
UNITED STATES BY REGIONS 
NORTH EAST 
_ AKE STATES 
CENTRAL STATES 
SOUTH 
NEST 
5 0 
BILLION CUBIC FEET 
FIGURE 6 
Eventually all of our virgin timber will be cut. Then we, as 
a Nation, must depend upon forest growth for our wood needs. Be- 
cause a year's growth of a tree is not usable as such we must build 
ap an accumulation of many years’ growth in the form of new 
forests to meet our needs. We have enough forest land to grow 
all of our wood requirements and more, too, if it is properly 
atilized. 
The estimates of growth under intensive forestry on all for- 
2st lands in the United States are placed by the Forest Service at 
twenty-seven billion cubic feet annually. The possible forest 
growth by regions is shown in Figure 6. This possible growth is 
comfortably more than our present use. The estimates are con- 
servative. There is a possibility that future growth may exceed 
35 billion cubic feet annually. Our forest lands can, therefore, 
supply amply our annual requirements. There is no danger on 
that score. 
While the present annual deficit in forest capital can be wiped 
out by forest growth alone, much can be expected in the future 
also from more complete utilization of the forest both in manufac- 
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