EXHIBIT 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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The Board of Directors
Deltic Timber Corporation:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (No.
333-34317 and No. 333-76294) on Form S-8 of Deltic Timber Corporation of our
report dated February 8, 2002, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Deltic Timber Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and
the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2001,
which report appears in the December 31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K of
Deltic Timber Corporation.



KPMG LLP
Shreveport, Louisiana
March 22, 2002