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Production of Lumber in 1913 



JulT 20, lOlS. 



"•v'j ^i!/v;!i'>ii'> y* 



The Forest Service has issued Bulletin 2;!2 which gives the figures 

 on the prutlactiou of liimlier in the I'nited States in 1913. The jiulv 

 licution hns cvitlently Ikhmi dejiiyeil, n» the stiitistics are ponBicieriiMy 

 more than a year oUI. The report inclu<lo!< the eost of 21.008 niillH, 

 the Inrjjest uunilx-r iM'inj; in Virginia, the second largest in North 

 Carolina. Imt the average size of mills in these stJites is small. The 

 mills of largest average output are situated in the far Wert and in 

 the soutbem pine region. Fifty-seven woods are separately li.sted, 

 and the following table gives the amount of lumber cut from each, 

 classified according to mills, and with data affording comparison 

 with the output of former years. 



Mills which have a yearly output of 50,000 feet or less are not 

 included in this report. While this accounts for a considerable dc- 



MUls 



s»*-ta£ 



lO.OOOM 

 and ov«r 



OX)' 



' Dually— 

 ; Or<Hip5. 



MS«.S3(l 



(.TTI.SU 



ur. 4I< 



l,rM.9M 



1,573. 091 



$U,3tsi 



Ml, TOO 



«. Sbnic« ' M3.7i2 



». JC.pl. 



t. Yellow pin.... 



2. l)oui:lAiOr 



3. 0.k 



4. Whll.piD..... 



5. ilcmlorl; 



0. WtftMH pla. . 

 7 Cypres. 



10. K.d Kum. 



IL V.llowpopUr... 



11. RMlwood. 



13. ChwtDut 



H. lifch 



li. Ulrcli 



16. B«<!h 



17. C«dar 



IS. Duswuod 



19. Elm 



30. Cottonwood 



21. A>h 



22. Hickory 



23. .Suear pin. 



2t. Tiiplo 



23. n3U.imnr 



20. ntiiKllr 



27. Walntii 



28. Ilahocany .1 



20. Sycamor. 



30. 1 odc.pol. ptaw. . 



31. Cherry 



32. nijCkOyo 



33. Locust 



3<. Willow 



35. rurmnbo- 



3S. .V!a;moli3 



37. Kackberry 



38 niittemul 



39. I'cf^immon 



«. Doiwood 



41. Pecan 



42. Ebony 



43. Spintth cedar. . . 



44. Alder 

 45. 

 4«. S 



47. Jenisero 



48. Sa-iwfna 



49. Eucalyptus 



50. l]ornb«im 



51. I(obd*.\re 



52. M&drona 



53. ColIeetrc« 



54. Jlulberrj- , 



55. Crabappl. 



54, Ironwood 



67. Chinquapin 



Minor species, 1912 



and J911 



UliU , MiU-S 

 sawtne I .lawm^ 

 5.000 MIS 1,000 M 10 

 10,000 M I 5, CO) SI 



on. { an- 

 nually— I nually— 

 Group 4. Groups, 



.\pple 



Silver belL., 



Total 23,211,66: 



429. .11 



277, 591 



lli5,252< 



47«, 527i 



115,791' 



3Dl,79«i 



170, 37e| 



»l,641 



277,057 



107,515 



70,3091 



85,289 



52, 146 



14,72«i 



134,396 



67,891 



31,211 



75,346 



4,<1«8- 



22,7{« 



11,U9 



1,733,710 

 40S, 3'>7l 

 496, 152 

 147, 732 

 245, «5< 

 137,961 

 108,420 

 132,716 

 99,198 

 195,056 

 119,647 

 26,4S5; 

 76,491 

 46,369 

 49,9S4! 

 29,411. 

 36,341 

 35,833 

 22, 193 

 56,459 

 39,695 

 12,325 

 4,175; 

 27,959' 



UlUs 

 sawtnit 

 500U to 

 1,000 M 



an- 

 Duallv— 

 Oroup2. 



8,001 

 2,727 



75 

 1,000 



2,657,101 



286, 'Bl 



giH.lM 



442,551 



S»5,776 



166,701 



101,494 



166, 243 



ISI,(>>» 



205,019 



169,211 



4,250 



142.563; 



27,594 



91,736 



93,S6«; 



30,056' 



42,777 



44,222 



39,632 



63,586 



72,017 



10.233' 



19,977 



24,889 



5,020 



19,924 



4,410 



5,207 



12,925 



3,Ki9 



1,801 



3,775 



200 



424 



297 



277 



501 



1,125 



1,000 



Mills 

 sawinR 

 50M to 

 iOOU 

 an- 

 nually— 

 <^roup I. 



100 

 SO 



676, 36S 

 41', 959 

 491,951 

 H0,317 

 SO, 590 

 43, 

 14,325 

 51,04: 



6,:a^ 



29, — 



56,990 



7,516 



23,385 



21.974 



7,522 



22,010 



27,43« 



0321 



3,10» 



13,233 



1,255 



4,463 



615 



2,767 



1,020 



1,421 



347 



13 



42 



317 



220 



260 



214 



175 



SO 



162 



To'al 

 1912. 



5|f..639 H,S39.363 11,737,052 12,896,706 



CM" VV,,..!-.. •. IT'vl.'ii .'. 'Cl,.'<3 



Tola! 

 1911, 



B,,>"J'>| 1 

 50,0.3 1 

 111 -71 



1.', :i'j 



36,916 



90,593 



7,414 



47,592 



55,774 



18,036 



30,379 



36,444 



490 



1,4S5 



1.1,951 



l,f«5 



5,650 



482 



8,144 



0, 161 



2,859 



1,000 



391 



259 



625 



106 



337 

 594 

 323 

 486 



4,303,122, 6,319,753^ 3,019,612 3,502,825 39,387,00939,158,414,37,003,207 



.*»7,2i7 

 ,0)'., ■>16 1, 

 901,157 1, 

 772,514 

 f.20. 170: 

 510,271 

 505, »02. 

 395,273 

 378, 739. 

 365,501 

 358,441 

 257, 102 

 214,532, 

 20^,938 

 207, 816, 

 162, 980 

 119,920 

 120,420 

 93. 



$8,109 



40,565 



36,261 



30,801 



20,106 



11,126 



C,I22 



5,507 



4.753 



3,424 



3.268 



2,115 



1,961 



1,901 



1,373 



1,090 



1,000 



750 



525 



269 



191 



133 



126 



SO 



35 



35 



35 



5 



S 



407, '» I 

 IW, 272 

 435,250 

 32-1, 000, 

 290,717 

 262, Hi; 

 227,177 

 231, 518 

 278, 757 



132,410 



122,515 



81,261 



122.613 



13,083 



29,209 



19, 168 



22.039 



22,215 



13,712 



5.058 



2,961 



1.031 



122 



157 



633 



1,577 



2,SS4 



432, 571 



103. SSI 



371,925 



311, "21 



230, lOS 



198,629 



211.398 



210,217 



H7.9S7 



9S.H2 



83.375 



121,307 



3S.293 



21.328 



42.836 



33.014 



21,422 



11.737 



5,150 



1,130 



2,118 



1,700 4,853 



ST.lTl.STICS OK Lr-MBEK OljlTUT I.N TIIK UNITED .ST.4TES 



crease in the number of mills, if compared with .^ome former years 

 when mills of all sizes were listed, the effect upon the total output is 

 not great. 



Of the total production of lumber, soft woods supplied 30,302,- 

 549,000 feet and hardwoods 8,084,460,000. It is thus shown that only 

 a little more than one-fifth of the country's lumber cut is hardwood. 

 The states which produce larger cuts of hardwood.s than soft woods 

 are Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, 

 West Virginia, Connecticut and Ehode Island. 



Several thousand mills were reported idle in 1913. The largest 

 number for a single state was in North Carolina, and Pennsylvania 

 was second. There was not an idle mill in Arizona and only four- 

 teen active mills. 



All yellow pines are grouped as one, except the important species 



west of the Rocky mountains which is known as western pine or Cali- 

 fornia white pine. No fewer than eleven pines contribute to the Out- 

 put cdiniiionly called yellow |iinc. 



All oaks, whether white or red, are listed as one in the ptntistics. 

 Dunbtlcfs twenty or thirty different kinds of oak are included, and 

 they wore cut in practically every state. 



No distinctions arc made between different kinds of spruce, or 

 between different species of maple, ash, elm, hickory, or cottonwood. 

 Only one kind of birch is listed in the table, but it is known that the 

 output contains four or five kinds, including sweet, yellow, paper 

 and river birch. 



The same observation applies to cedar though nine or ten kinds are 

 cut in various parts of the United Stat«s. ITowover, more cedar is 

 made into shingles than into lumber. 



No \'ah.'Es Given 



During s^everal years past the reports of lumber output published 

 by the Forest Service have contained figures showing the average 

 value in the mill yard of each kind of wood. The present report 

 omits that feature and contains no information on the subject of 

 prices and values of lumber in any part of the United States. Those 

 who read the report carefully will doubtless miss that feature, yet the 

 real value of price statistics in the form in which former reports 

 gave them is doubtful. Being average prices, made up from data 

 collected in every part of the country, they coulil be applied nowhere. 

 They constitute an unreliable guide for either buyer or seller. That 

 is probably the reason why mill yard values were omitted from the 

 present report. 



There are other features which had places in former lumber reports 

 by the Forest Service but which have been omitted from that for 

 1913. There are no figures on the output of lath, shingles, veneers, 

 distillation, tics, poles, crossarms, pins, tanbark, pulpwood, or cooper- 

 age stock. The report is held down to data on sawed lumber only, 

 and takes no account of other forest products. The report is. there- 

 fore, much .shorter than some of those for former years. For instance, 

 the bulletin for 1909 contained 176 pages, that for 1913 contains 

 32 pages. 



For several years previous to 1913 the lumber production statistics 

 were collected by the Bureau of the Census in co-operation with the 

 Forest Service, but the figures for 1913 were collected by the Bureau 

 of Crop Estimates in co-operation witli the Forest Service. It is prom- 

 ised, however, that the work for 1914 will be resumed by the Bureau 

 of the Census. 



White Birch for Paving Blocks 



According to the report of the Forest Service in Municipal Journal 

 of May 6, 191.5, white birch is making an excellent showing as a par- 

 ing material in the test street laid in Minneapolis in 1906. In com- 

 parison with longleaf pine, Norway -pine, eastern hemlock, tamarack, 

 western larch, and Douglas fir, the least wear is shown oa the white 

 birch blocks, which after eight years' service show a total average 

 wear of only three-sixteenths of an inch. Longleaf pine, its nearest 

 competitor, was worn five-sixteenths of an inch. In the words of thft 

 report: "The sections of white birch and longleaf pine were all )n 

 about the same condition and were in much tetter shape than any of 

 the other species." Taken all in all, however, the white birch sec- 

 tions were considered to be not quite as good as the longleaf pine sec- 

 tion, as a few depressions occurred in the birch areas due to the use of 

 wood that was partially decayed before treatment. Had sufficient care 

 been taken in grading and inspecting the birch blocks they would 

 doubtless have given the best service of all. 



Beech for Crate Ends 



Beech is used by a large brass company for the ends of crates. 

 Its strength and ability to hold nails firmly make it desirable for 

 this purpose. 



