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Pnlpwood Produced
Reaches New High
Southern forests produced 40,868,990 cords of pulpwood in 1969, an increase of 3,793,600 cords over 1968 production, with the South producing two-thirds of the Nation’s total pulpwood production.
Forester William C. Vemam of the Virginia Division of Forestry reports that United States Forest Service figures show the South Increasing pulpwood production by ten percent over 1968 figures; and for the first time since 1951, production in each of the twelve southern states increased over the preceding year. Georgia, with 7,303,500 cords, was again the South’s leading producer with Mississippi setting a record for the greatest annual increase ever recorded in a southern state.
Forester Vemam stated that Virginia produced 2,409,800 cords of roundwood and residues for a two percent increase over 1968 production figures. The production of roundwood showed a six percent increase in Virginia, but the use of wood residues declined by ten percent. Rappahannock County produced 1,022 standard cords of roundwood in 1969 consisting wholly of pine. Pine and hardwood pulp production is about equal in Virginia with 996,400 cords of pine and 833,800 cords of hardwood being produced. Pine still appears to be the main species of tree used in pulpwood production in Virginia and the South, and the figures show a steady, firm demand for pine trees for pulpwood.
The report also shows that five new mills were under construction in the South.
These new mills will increase pulping capacity by 1,580 tons. New mills are being constructed in Virginia, Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida. Thus the South continues to expand its pulp and paper industry, and the outlook for pulpwood production in Virginia and the South looks most favorable.
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