INCREASE IN 1907 LUMBER CUT 



FIGURES of the lumber cut in 

 1907, compiled by the Bureau of 

 the Census and the Forest Serv- 

 ice, showed the largest total ever re- 

 ported in the United States, exceeding 



complete than ever before. The figures 

 disclose some interesting facts. 



In 1907, 28,850 mills made returns, 

 and their production was over forty bil- 

 lion feet of lumber. This is believed to 



Table \.— Production of lumber by states, lumber cut 1907-1906 



states 



Washington 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Mississippi 



Wisconsin 



Arkansas 



Michigan 



Pennsylvania. . . . 



Minnesota 



Oregon 



North Carolina . . 



Virginia 



West Virginia. . . 



California 



Alabama 



Maine 



Kentucky 



Tennessee 



Georgia 



New York 



Florida 



New Hampshire 

 South Carolina. 



Missouri 



Ohio 



Idaho 



Indiana 



Vermont 



Massachusetts. . 



Montana 



Maryland 



Iowa 



Illinois 



Oklahoma - 



Connecticut 



Colorado 



New Mexico. . . . 



Arizona 



Delaware 



New Jersey 



South Dakota . . . 

 Rhode Island. . . 



Wyoming 



Utah 



All others 



Total 



Mills reporting. . 



1907 



M. feet 

 ,111 

 ,972 

 .229 

 ,094 

 ,003 

 ,988 

 ,827 

 7 3 4 

 6 

 3 5 

 2 2 

 1 



95 



4 5 



4 



3 



1 

 9 12 



8 9 4 



8 5 3 



4 8 

 3 9 



5 4 



49 

 4 8 



2 9 

 13 

 04 

 73 

 6 4 

 43 

 1 3 

 44 

 41 

 4 

 40 



3 4 

 13 

 72 

 50 

 3 9 

 3 4 

 3 2 

 1 7 

 14 



5 



4 0,256 



2 8 



06 

 1 9 



7 

 7 

 4 

 fi 



8 8 



9 8 

 6 



9 

 9 

 5 

 2 

 5 

 7 



8 

 7 



8 8 

 90 



8 9 



1906 



15 4 

 8 5 



M. feet 

 S 5 



9 



4 



4 



3 



3 



9 



2 



9 







2 



6 



7 



4 

 

 8 

 6 6 

 6 3 

 8 3 

 8 1 

 8 8 8 

 5 3 9 

 5 6 6 

 5 7 

 4 3 8 



1 



4 



2 



5 



2 



1 



6 



4 



4 



2 



1 







5 



4 



3 



2 



2 



1 



9 9 



7 



7 

 4 

 3 

 5 

 2 

 8 



7 7 

 9 4 



8 8 

 4 2 



9 

 4 

 7 

 3 

 8 

 1 

 7 

 6 

 8 

 5 

 3 

 2 

 1 3 



6 8 



7 



Per cent, in- 

 crease from 

 1906 



37 ,550 ,736 

 2 2,388 



- 1 



2 

 1 



- 1 



- 1 



- 1 



2 8.8 



Indicates decrease 



by over seven per cent, the cut re- 

 ported for 1906, until then the record 

 year. This does not necessarily show 

 a larger actual cut than in 1906, for the 

 returns obtained last year were more 

 668 



include ninety-five per cent, of the ac- 

 tual cut. In 1906, 22,398 mills reporteil 

 about thirty-seven and one-half billion 

 feet. Since, according to these figures, 

 nearly twenty-nine per cent, more mills 



