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York state. The virgin forests of these states have been heavily cut 

 over many years ago. Washington, the state of the largest present 

 lumber production, reported only 444 mills, 126 of which were mills 

 cutting over 10,000,000 bd. ft. annually. Louisiana, the center of the 

 yellow pine production in the South, reported only 329 mills in the year 

 1916, 121 of which cut over 10,000,000 bd. ft. each. 



The following table 1 shows the estimated amount of lumber cut in 

 the twenty-five leading lumber-producing states in this country, in the 

 year 1916: 



LUMBER PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES 



The above table is interesting in showing how lumber production 

 has varied in the different states during the seventeen years between 

 1899 an d 1916. 



1 From statistics published by the U. S. Forest Service. 



