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The present data do not change the relative position of lumber 

 regions and of species, as given in the Census. The five largest 

 producers in sequence of their cut are Washington, Louisiana, 

 Mississippi, Oregon and North Carolina, furnishing 36 per cent, 

 of the total cut; they are followed by Arkansas, Wisconsin, 

 Texas, Minnesota and Michigan, with an average cut of somewhat 

 over 1.5 billion feet, remarkably evenly distributed among these 

 States, furnishing 22 per cent. There are then still five States 

 to be mentioned, each exceeding the i billion mark, namely the 

 two Virginias, Alabama, California and Pennsylvania, furnish- 

 ing 17 per cent. The rest are cutting below i billion feet. 



While more than a hundred species furnish log material and 

 29 lumber names, or kinds of wood, are listed, seven species fur- 

 nish over half the lumber supply. Yellow pine, derived from four 

 species in the Southern States, alone furnishes over 36 per cent, 

 of the total supply, and with Douglas fir and white pine (two 

 species) over two thirds of the softwood supplies; and if we 

 add oak, hemlock, western pine and spruce, we have mentioned 

 the most important species, which furnish three quarters of our 

 lumber consumption and are cut at a larger rate than i billion 

 feet. 



An interesting table gives the States in which certain species 

 take the lead in the cut, i. e. show the largest production. 



Arkansas, cottonwood. hickory, red gum ; California, redwood, sugar 

 pine, western pine and white fir ; Colorado, lodgepole pine ; Idaho, larch ; 

 Indiana, walnut ; Louisiana, cypress, tupelo, yellow pine ; Maine, balsam 

 fir, spruce ; Michigan, beech, maple ; Minnesota, white pine ; Missouri, 

 sycamore ; Ohio, ash ; Tennessee, oak ; Washington, cedar and Douglas 

 fir ; West Virginia, chestnut and tulip poplar ; Wisconsin, basswood, 

 birch, elm, hemlock. 



When it comes to the discussion of value, the data are probably 

 as nearly correct as they can be made. The average price per 

 M feet has declined somewhat from that of previous years up 

 to 1906. but compared with 1899 prices, there is a rise of over 35 

 per cent, or nearly 3 per cent, per annum ; the average price being 

 $15.05, for softwoods $14.17, for hardwoods $18.19. 1"!"^^ cheap- 

 est woods are Douglas fir, white fir in the softwood and red gum 

 and tupelo in the hardwoods, prices running respectively $11.05, 

 $10.64, $12.11 and $12.46; the highest priced are white pine, cy- 

 press, sugar pine, the price running $18.54, $20.54, $17-52; tulip 



