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Production of Lumber in 1913 



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 Tho figures arp ba.spil ui><)h re|iort.s of proilui'tioii 

 l)o|.artniont of Agrieulturo obtains yoarly from tho lumber manu 

 faiturors. In 1913, 21.394 mills reporttMl a proiUietion of 38,387,- 

 009,000 board feet, as against 39,158.414,000 feet reported by 

 29.648 mills in 1912 and 37.003,207,000 feet reported by 28,107 

 mills in 1911. Although about 8,000 fewer mills reported in 1913 

 than in 1912, most of those not reporting were of small capacity 

 and the inclusion of their reports would not, it is said, materially 

 increase the total. 



The high-water mark in lumber production was set in 1909, 

 when the cut exceeded 44,000.000,000 feet. In 1907 and 1910 the 

 cut was slightly over 40,000.000.000 feet. No other years have 

 come up to the record of the last two years. 



The production of 1913 of nearly as much lumber as in 1912 is of 

 special significance in view of the business conditions which have 

 existed in the industry. During the first three months of the year 

 the lumber trade was excellent, but in the second quarter the 

 .ioninnd for lumber fell oflf noticeably. Further weakening in the 

 demand during the summer led to a substantial curtailment of 

 ])ro.lu.tion in the yellow pine and Douglas fir regions. The fall 

 dcnuind did not improve. In general the year was one of over- 

 production and slack business in the principal lumber manufac- 

 turing regions. 



Notwithstanding curtailments in the production of yellow pine 

 ami Douglas fir, the reported cut of yellow pine was about seven- 

 tenths of one per cent and of Douglas fir about seven and a half 

 per cent greater in 1913 than in 1912. The cut of Douglas fir in 

 1913 was the largest ever reported, while the 1913 cut of yellow 

 pine was second only to that of 1909. Had not enforced curtail- 

 ment in the output of these two woods been necessary, the total 

 lumber production of 1913 would undoubtedly have exceeded that 

 of 1912. In fact, had not the cut of white pine, hemlock, spruce, 

 oak, and maple declined in 1913, the increased cut of yellow pine, 

 Douglas fir. cypress, and red gum in that year would have carried 

 the total beyond that for 1912. 



The increased cut of certain woods is reflected in the increased 

 production of Washington, Oregon, and the lower Mississippi 

 valley states, while the decreased cut of other woods is reflected 

 in the decreased production of the Northern, Central, and Atlantic 

 states. The reported production of 4,592,053,000 feet in Wash 

 ington in 1913 was the largest ever recorded for that state or 

 any other state. The largest production previously reported by 

 ■ no state was that of 4,311,240,000 feet in 1890, by Michigan. 

 Of the total reported production of lumber, softwoods con- 

 ihuted 30.302..549,000 feet, board measure, in 1913, as against 

 ■'.526,416,000 feet in 1912, and 28,902,388,000 feet in 1911. 

 The tables which follow show the number of mills and lumber 

 j.ruduction by states and the cut of various kinds of wood. The 

 reports were secured and the data compiled by the Bureau of Crop 

 Estimates of the Department of Agriculture in co-operation with 

 the Forest Ser\'ice. The table showing the quantity of each kind 

 of lumber sawed by the diflferent capacity classes of sawmills 

 indicates that about 60 per cent of the total lumber production in 

 1913 was sawed by mills cutting 10,000,000 feet and over annually. 

 Some of these mills cut but one kind of wood, such as yellow 

 pine or Douglas fir. but others cut several kinds, as in the case of 

 hemlock and hardwood mills in the Lake States. The table, 

 therefore, should not be interpreted to indicate the existence of 

 mills of any class sawing any one wood exclusively. Mills sawing 

 10,000,000 feet and over annually sawed in 1909, the only other 

 year for which such figures are available, 19,126,123,000 feet, or 

 43 per cent of the total quantity of lumber cut in that year, while 

 mills of the other classes produced somewhat Inrfrer proportions 

 of the total lumber cut than in 1913. 



I I \iiii:ii SI Mi-.ii! Ill- .M TIM Mil. IS i!i:i'iiitri.\.; .\Mi gr.vNTlTV 

 UK M MillCIt SA\vi;i> 



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Slut.' .Mlliit Kcportlni; <jiii.iitlty i .M l-iet b. ni.» 



nti:t 1012 1UI1 r.M i i. luii 



rnllcd Stiil.H lM.:il)4 2»,«48 i;s.l07 :is.>; • - 111 37.Oo;).l'07 



WiiBhInBlon 40« 788 777 I v. i ■ ■ ;;.•. 4.004,754 



l.oiilHluna 40N 4ttO 502 l.l'i .■-ll :i,.'.mi,46« 



.MlKMlaslppl 071» 1)52 '.(OH •.'.-.h m . - 1 >:is 2,()41,«K. 



Ori'son 400 480 .V22 2,(ili>-, Hi? l.'.ilU.ltln 1 .MO.I.IlUK 



■r..xu« 341 460 4.10 2,OH1.471 1,002,201 l.UKl.OSO 



.North Carolina 1,200 2,418 2,071 1.057,258 2,103.308 1.708.724 



.\iknnwi« 808 1,146 1,127 1,011,047 1,821,811 1,777.303 



.Muliuiiiii 810 1,24U 1,112 1,023,U»0 1,378,151 1.220.212 



WlKconnln 012 792 771 1,403,363 1.408.870 1.701.1180 



Vlrulnlu 1,674 2,120 2,005 1,273,963 I, ,■500,007 1.350,700 



WcBt Vlrcinlii 078 001 094 1 .24'.i .VMi 1:!IS7:12 1,.387,780 



.MlclilKun 532 792 790 l.JL..- 1 1-^>J7 1.400.764 



iiillfornlii 141 220 222 1.1^ ' ■ ■• .'.i 1.207.501 



.MlnnMota 354 484 407 111' 'i il.TJ"! 1.485,015 



l-loildii 203 397 293 l,ii...i'.i, i ....7 ...•.-, 1182,824 



T..nncs.se.. ♦,155 1.507 l.-'iSO S72,31 1 ',i.i2..'.72 014,570 



(icorgia 088 1,117 052 844,284 041,201 801.011 



Maine 080 820 817 834.073 882,128 S28.417 



I'onnsvlvanla 1,159 1,724 1,030 781,547 092.180 1.048.000 



South Cnrolinn 497 750 541 752,184 810,930 584,872 



Idaho 101 202 209 052,610 713.575 705,070 



Kentuck.v 1,061 1,380 1.452 541,531 041,290 032.415 



New York 1,917 1,487 1,520 467.720 502,351 520,283 



Ml.'-soiirl 844 1,210 1,112 418,608 422,470 418,580 



(llilo 820 1,166 1,009 414.943 499,834 427,101 



Montnnn 109 118 126 357.074 272,174 228.416 



Indiana 695 978 915 332,003 401,017 300.613 



New Hampshire... 305 441 397 309.424 470,499 388.619 



Massachusetts 312 420 430 224,580 259,329 278,317 



Vermont 363 507 498 194,047 236,083 239,264 



Mnr.vliiiid 258 404 .380 140,409 174,320 144,078 



Oklahomu 113 200 174 140,284 168,800 143,800 



Illinois 275 403 204 102.902 122,538 90,051 



(onnpttlcut 177 215 21S 93,730 109,251 124,001 



.Arizona 14 12 12 77,363 76,287 7.3.139 



Colorado 89 135 156 74,002 88,4."1 9.-.,908 



New Mexico 28 41 47 05,818 82.050 83.728 



New Jersey 94 146 136 27,248 34,810 28,639 



lowu 162 157 100 21.076 40..103 .59.974 



South Dakota 15 28 28 19,103 20.080 13.046 



Dclnwarc 44 SO S2 18,0:!0 28.285 23.853 



Rhode Island 15 22 20 14,984 14.421 9,010 



W.voralnK .-.7 56 75 12.940 13.560 .33.309 



Ttuh 30 .59 02 .5.403 9.0.55 10..573 



.Ml other states*.. 9 12 5 19,461 22,52.-| 11,786 



• Includes Kansas, Nebraska nnd Nevada. 



UJMnF.n— QUANTITY OF LUMBER SAWED. 



By Kinds or Wood, 1913. 1912 and 1011 



Quantity (M Feet I), m.) 



Kind of Wood 1913 1912 1911 



Total 08,387.009 .■!9.15S.414 37,003.2(17 



Yellow pine 14.839.363 14.737.052 12.896.706 



PouKlas fir 5.5.56.096 5.175.123 5.054.243 



link ..; 3.211,718 3.318,952 3.098.444 



White pine 2.568.036 3.138.227 3,230.584 



Hemlock 2.319,982 2,420,554 2.566.308 



Western pine 1.2nS.52S 1.219.444 1.330.700 



fvpreps 1 ,007.247 997.227 081.527 



Spruce 1,ii|r,..sn; 1.23S.i;nii 1.261,728 



Maple !iii] .4K7 1 .020..Mi4 951.667 



Red ^'iim 772 51 4 004,200 582,967 



Tiillp poplar 020.170 023,289 0.59.475 



It. (Iwood 510.271 406.790 4S9.76S 



ihistnut , 505.802 554.2.30 .529.022 



l.aiih 395.27.". 407.064 368.210 



r.lrch 378,739 388.272 432.571 



Beech 365.601 4.35.250 403.881 



Cedar 358.444 .329,000 374.925 



Basswood 257.102 206.717 304.021 



Elm 214.532 1:62.141 236.108 



Cottonwood 208,938 227.477 198,629 



Ash 207.816 234.548 214.398 



Hlckorv 102.080 278,7.57 240.217 



Snear pine 140.926 132.410 117.987 



Tupelo 120.420 122.545 08.142 



Balsam flr / .: 03.752 84.261 83,375 



White Or 88.109 122.013 124.307 



Walnut 40.565 43.083 38.293 



S.vcamore .30.804 40.408 42.836 



I^idRepole pine 20.106 22.0.39 33.014 



All other kinds 85..3G6 82.145 09.548 



LUMBER— QUANTITY OF EACH KIND OF LUMBER SAWED 

 By r.vpACiTY Classes of Sawsiim.s. 1913* 



Annual Capaclt.v (M Fcetb. m.) 



10.000 5.000 to 1.000 to 500 to 50 to 



Kind of Wood and over 10,000 5.000 1 .000 600 



Total 23.174.419 4,272,014 6.211.806 1.970.816 2.290.634 



Yellow pine 9.256,536 1,732.716 2,657.104 076.308 516.6.39 



DouL'lns flr 4.771,302 408,387 286,631 42.9.59 46,817 



