362 Forestry Quarterly. 



light and power companies, 16 per cent, and 21 per cent.; and 

 steam railroads, 5 per cent, and 9 per cent., respectively. 



A preliminary report by the Census Bureau on the production 



of lumber, lath and shingles in the United States during the 



calendar year ending December 31, 1908, compared with that of 



1907 is worth reprinting to accentuate the fluctuations in lumber 



production with general trade depression, independent of what 



stumpage prices may do. 



No. of Mills Lumber M. feet, 



Reporting Production, B. M. 



State 1908 1907 1908 1907 



United States, 31,-231 28,850 33,289,369 40,256,154 



Washington, 929 1,036 2,91 5,928 3,777,606 



Louisiana, 516 531 2,722,421 2,972,119 



Texas, 605 673 1,524,008 2,229,590 



Mississippi, 905 823 1,861,016 2,094,485 



Wisconsin, 899 778 1,613,315 2,003,279 



Arkansas, 1,155 1,146 1,656,991 1,988,504 



Michigan, 989 906 1,478,252 1,827,685 



Pennsylvania, 2,224 2,131 1,203,041 1,734,729 



Minnesota, 500 429 1,286,122 1,660,716 



Oregon, 595 644 1,468,158 1,635,563 



North Carolina, 1,740 1,668 1,136,796 1,622,387 



Virginia, 1,937 1,652 1,198,725 1,412,477 



West Virginia, 1,044 1,044 1,097,015 1,395,979 



California, 288 321 996,115 1,345,943 



Alabama, 981 892 1,152,079 1,224,967 



Maine, 902 927 929,350 1,103,808 



Kentucky, 1,530 1,451 658,539 912,908 



Tennessee, 1,490 1,104 790,642 894,968 



Georgia, 1,049 788 904,668 853,697 



New York, 2,291 2,185 781,391 848,894 



Florida, 279 302 730,906 839,058 



New Hampshire, 604 544 606,760 754,023 



South Carolina, 423 365 560,888 649,058 



Missouri, 1,108 916 458,938 548,774 



Ohio, 1,094 987 459,259 529,087 



Idaho, 255 247 518,625 513,788 



Indiana, 1,089 999 411,868 504,790 



Vermont, 506 612 304,017 373,66o 



Massachusetts, 610 518 384,526 364,231 



Montana, 173 130 3^,533 343,8i4 



Maryland, 384 307 168,534 213,786 



Iowa 113 100 97,242 144,271 



Illinois, 546 499 123,319 141,317 



Oklahoma, 214 129 158,756 140,015 



Connecticut, 293 236 137,855 140,011 



Colorado, 254 230 182,036 134,239 



New Mexico, 61 52 79,439 1 13,204 



Arizona, 11 12 43,287 72,134 



Delaware, 112 106 41,184 50,892 



New Jersey, 181 166 34,930 39,942 



South Dakota, 47 64 25,859 34,841 



Rhode Island, 45 41 30,528 32,855 



