HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Lumber Output for 1912 



The accompanying map. which gives the 

 output of lumber by states and by species in 

 the United States for 1912, was sent out by 

 the United States Forest Service, as the first 

 detailed announcement of the cut of lumber 

 for that j'ear. A brief summary was published 

 a few weeks ago. A fuller report, with dis- 

 cussion of the figures, is promised for the 

 near future bv the Census Bureau. 



The lumber "total for 1911 was 37,003,000,000 

 feet, and for 1912 was 39,155,000,000, a gain 

 of 2,155,000,000, or nearly six per cent. The 

 increase was fairly well distributed over the 

 country, with no large advance or marked fall- 

 ing off anywhere. 



The number of sawmills reporting in 1911 

 was 28,107, and in 1912 was 29,64S, which 

 shows an increase in mills of nearly six per 

 cent. It thus appears that the increase in 

 lumber and in mills corresponds almost ex- 

 actlj'. In neither year were mills tabulated 

 which did not show a yearly output above 

 50,000 feet. Those omitted may have num- 

 bered several thousand, but had their aggre- 

 gate cut been included the effect on the total 

 would have been inconsiderable. The average 

 output per mill in 1911 was 1,318,000 feet, and 

 in 1912 it was 1,320,000 — only 2,000 feet dif- 

 ference. 



The average cut of lumber per mill varies 

 greatly, when different states are compared. 

 The highest average is found in Arizona, the 

 lowest in New Jersey. An examination of the 

 table which follows reveals the fact that the 

 average cut per mill is higher in the softwood 

 regions than in those where hardwoods pre- 

 vail. Softwood mills are larger, and the total 

 stand of softwoods in the whole country is 

 believed to be about six times as great as the 

 stand of hardwoods. The table below gives 

 the average yearly lumber cut per mill in the 

 different states in 1912. 



Average cut 



per mill in 



State 1012. B. M. 



.Vl.ibama 1,104.000 



Arizona 6,333,000 



Arkansas 1,591,300 



California 5,253^300 



Colorado 651,900 



Connecticut 506,900 



Delaware '. . . . 337.200 



Florida 2.687,700 



Georgia 842,400 



Idaho 3,534,000 



Illinois 263.500 



Indiana 410.000 



Iowa 299.300 



Kentucky 470.700 



Louisiana 4.040.000 



Maine 1.007.800 



Maryland 430.800 



Jlassachusetts 616.700 



Michigan 1.8SO.000 



Minnesota 2,960.000 



Mississippi 2.502,100 



Missouri 348,700 



Montana 2,305.000 



.\pw Hampshire 1,0S6.1C0 



New Jersey 239.800 



.New Mexico 2,024.400 



Ni'W York 337.600 



North Carolina 906.000 



Ohio 432.500 



Oklahoma 845,000 



Oregon 3.991.600 



Pennsylvania 575 300 



Rhode Island 636.300 



South Carolina 1,189..S00 



South Dakota 750,000 



Tennessee 594,700 



Ttxas 4.226.600 



Utah 152.500 



Vermont 465.500 



Virginia 738.100 



Washington 5.203,000 



West Virginia 1.371.400 



Wisconsin 1,891,400 



Wyoming 250.000 



Complete statistics for the remaining four 

 states, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and 

 Nevada, are not available, but it is known 

 that the cut of lumber in them is so small as 

 to be almost negligible. 



