Charcoal and Charcoal Briquette Production in the United States, 1961.

摘要

This report presents data on the quantities of charcoal and charcoal briquettes produced in the United States during 1961; the principal markets for charcoal and charcoal briquettes; average selling prices; characteristics of charcoal kilns; plant capacity; the kind, quantity, and cost of materials consumed: and the location of manufacturing facilities. A similar report was published in 1957 under the title 'Charcoal Production in the United States.' The survey, upon which this report was based, was conducted by the regional experiment stations of the Forest Service. Every effort was made to obtain through State foresters, Extension Foresters, Service Foresters, County Agents and other local sources of information a complete list of the charcoal producers in the United States in 1961. A mail canvas, with field follow-up of no respondents was made of all producers on this list. The data in this report are thus based upon returns from essentially all known charcoal producers with estimates for a few no reporting.