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88 TEXAS ALMANAC-1978-1979
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Lumber companies like this one in Wiergate were the econ
the first quarter of the century.
East Texas, in 1975, produced 34 per cent more
wood than was harvested. This surplus growth over
harvest is desirable for it permits Texas to build up its
forest resource base to meet future wood fiber de-
mands. Unfortunately Texas' forests are producing
half of their capacity. Recent trends indicate that the
demand for forest products, both fiber and recreation-
oriented, will continue to increase and the forest acre-
age will continue to shrink as rights-of-way, water im-
poundments, real estate developments, parks and
wilderness areas are established. Demand will soon
outstrip production unless a significant development
program is adopted by the public today.
Pulp Industry
The pulp and paper industry was the largest con-
sumer of timber harvested in Texas in 1975. The lum-
ber industry was the second largest consumer of wood.
Lumber production in 1975 by the 112 sawmills in
operation was unchanged from 1974.
Although there are only 9 pulp mills in East Texas,
they consume a larger volume of wood than the com-
bined total of the 112 sawmills. The pulp and paper
industry is a rapidly growing industry and provides
every county in East Texas with a market for pulp-
wood. Total pulpwood production decreased by 8 per
cent in 1975. About one third of the total pulpwood re-
quirements now come from slabs, edgings and saw-
dust residues from sawmills. In 1975, the equivalent ofomic hearts of many sawmill towns in East Texas during
1,203,011 cords of these residues were used by pulp
mills. This amount of wood fiber equals the annual
growth on 2.1 million acres of East Texas forest land.
Thus, improved utilization of timber harvested is per-
mitting more wood to be produced on less acreage.
Plywood Production
Nine southern pine plywood plants located in
Texas produced 960 million square feet (%-inch basis)
of plywood during 1975. Production rose 23 per cent in
1975. Texas plywood production has shown an increase
every year since it began in 1963.
There were 9 active hardwood plants in East Texas
in 1975 which produced container or commercial ve-
neer. Production of these mills in 1975 decreased 28
per cent from 1974.
The preservative treatment industry is large and
important in East Texas. The 30 treating plants operat-
ing in 1975 treated 25.1 million cubic feet of wood, a de-
crease of 5 per cent from their 1974 production.
TEXAS PULPWOOD PRODUCTION, 1973-75
Roundwood Chips & Sawdust
Year- Pine Hardwood Pine Hardwood
Thousand cords
1973 . ...... ..1,986 388 1,071 169
1974 ....... 2,168 433 1,126 120
1975 ..... . 2,051 295 1,114 89PRODUCTS TREATED BY TEXAS WOOD PRESERVING
PLANTS IN 1973 AND 1975
Unit of Quantity Cubic Feet Per Cent
Product Measure 1973 1975 1973 1975 Change
Utility poles Number ..... 396,469 210,381 6,658,500 3,343,581 -49
Const. poles Number ..... 86,991 39,027 323,626 195,966 -39
Piling M lin. ft..... .. 1,239 953 849,632 650,547 -23
Fence post Number .... . 3,443,658 2,002,890 2,354,376 1,799,645 -24
Cross ties Number .... . 3,503,755 4,667,305 11,233,387 14,963,844 +33
Switch ties M bd. ft. ...... .. 8,070 9,736 672,213 810,996 +21
Cross arms Number ..... 27,884 12,181 24,259 10,597 -56
Lumber M bd. ft ..... .. 49,113 39,018 4,076,353 3,238,474 -21
Plywood M sq. ft ...... 872 108 46,744 5,778 -88
Other Cu. ft ..... ... ... 150,828 43,078 -71
Total Cu. ft........ ...... 26,389,918 25,062,506 -5
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