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ducing states i the decreases frora- 1907;-ti5' 

 1908 were as follows: -Kentucky, 138,863,- 

 000 feet, or 30.4 per cent; West Virginia, 

 148,899,000 feet, or 31.9 per cent; Tennes- 

 see, 57,836,000 feet, or 16.2 per cent; Ar-;: 

 kansas, 86,431,000 feet, or 28.3 per ceat;'^ 

 Pennsylvania, 109;2S9;afK)- "f efet, or 34.6 per 

 cent; and Ohio, 70,305,000 feet, of 25.9 per 

 ce»t; '■■•-'■■ .■'■-'■'; ':■ ■■ ■ ;.-.:;. .[:.'>: ■-,,,■ 



Thai Out in tfaos- wasbut Ufctl* more than 

 three-fifths: as MiU,fe as in 1900, and it is 

 probable that the total cut of oafc lumber 

 will never again ^Ije as "great aS^ if- wasMn 

 that year. '■ ■•■" -r" .;- ■>:'- ,_ ■- - ■. ■ . 



The supply ^af oak! in the northern states ' 

 has been largely cuti'out,' and now- the 

 southern states are being heavily drawn 

 upon. In 1900 Indiana ranked first in oak 

 production, with 649,794,000 feet, or nearly 

 four times as much as in 1908, and in the 

 same year Ohio was second, with 596,618,- 

 000 feet, or nearly three times as much as 

 in 1908. 



Maple 



While the total production of maple lum- 

 ber was less in 190S than in 1907 by only 

 64,090,000 feet, or 6.8 per cent, a decrease 

 of '23.5 per cent in the average cut per mill 

 is shown. 



Michigan was the principal state pro- 

 ducing maple lumber in 1908, in which 

 year it supplied more than 46 per cent of 

 the total. New York had a slightly larger 

 cut of 'maple- in 1908 than in 1907, and 

 ranked second in the latter year, having 

 displaced Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the 



states that ranked' second and third,- rc-- 

 speciively, in the previous year. Only 

 relatively small quantities of maple lumber 

 were produced in the other 30 states from 

 which it was reported. . ■■ .■ : 



; Cypress 



Apparently cypress '■■Suffered less from 

 the 'unfavorable market conditions obtain- 

 ing during 1908 than ' almost any other 

 leadirfg kind of lumber, •'"it is a Verj^ use- 

 ful wood, and while tlie demand for 'it is 

 increasing; the supply of stumpage'iis' not 

 large. ''''■'"' ' ^ ■-^at::--,'^—'.: '_:;i3B'jT>n, 



li'oiusia'fia.' again' ■'iii ' I'gos"' '"w-as"" 'preeiili-' 

 neiitly the 'c'ypreSs'pToducirig state, furnish- 

 in^' almost t-svo-thirds ' of the total cut of 

 lumber of this kind. 'In this state the pro- 

 duction of 1908 was less thaii that of 1907 

 by only 20,995,000 feet, or 4.1 per cent. 

 While the quantities of cypress lumber cut 

 in the other states were relatively small, 

 their combined output was larger in 1908 

 than in 1907: 



Yellow Poplar 



The trade name ".yellow poplar" is used 

 to designate the tree which is known to 

 botanists as "tulip-tree"- or "tulip pop- 

 lar" (Liriodendron tidipifera). It has no 

 reference to the true poplars of the genus 

 Populus, of which the eottonwoods and 

 aspens are prominent representatives. 



A production of- yellow poplar lumber 

 was reported in 20 states in 1908, and the 

 average 'cut per mill was about 98,800 feet. 

 The total cut was 24.2 per cent less than 

 in 1907. In 1908, for' the first time. West 



Vftgihia led in'the production of yellow 

 poplar lumber; the cut in that state being 

 slightly more than one-fifth of the total 

 cut of this lumber. This was -practically 

 the- same proportion- as that for 1907. Al- 

 though in 1907 ■ the cut in Kentucky was 

 greater than that iff-West Virginia, it de- 

 creased 86,840,000 feet by- 1908, with the 

 result that the state dropped from first 

 place in the former year to third place in 

 the latter: year. Tennessee advanced from 

 third place in the former yeal- to second 

 place in the latter year; thou^ with a de- 

 crease in output' of approximately 17,000,- 

 000 ■ feet. Virginia supplied one-tenth of 

 the total cut,- ind taken together the 4 

 states -of West Virginia; Tennessee, Ken- 

 tucky, and Virginia furnished two-thirds of 

 the total quantity of yellow poplar lumber 

 produced in 1908. Yellow poplar is one of 

 our most valuable woods, and it usually 

 commands a' relatively high price. The 

 average -values per thousand feet of yellow 

 poplar lumber for the principal states re- 

 porting it in 1908 ranged from $18.65 in 

 North Carolina to $30.40 in Ohio. The 

 maximum production from this species was 

 passed several years ago, and its average 

 value per thousand feet has advanced Tap- 

 idly 'during the past few years, the rate of 

 increase between 1900 and 1908 being 80.3 

 per cent. 



Red Gum 

 Eed gum is one of the woods which has 

 become prominent in recent years. Not- 

 withstanding the fact that the cut in 1908 



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