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one year 1908 to 1909, from 33,000 to 44,000 mills! At the 

 present time, the rank of the various states as participants in 

 the lumber production seems to be the following: 



First: Washington 



Second : Louisiana 



Third : Mississippi 



Fourth : North Carolina 



Fifth : Arkansas 



Sixth : Virginia 



Seventh : Texas 



Nineteen states (including the above 7 states) are cutting annu- 

 ally over one billion feet board measure, supplying thereby three- 

 quarters of the total annual production. 



The following nine states are producing each, approximately, 

 IVl' billion feet board measure of lumber per annum: 



Wisconsin 



Oregon 



A4ichigan 



Alabama 



Minnesota 



Pennsvlvania 



West Virginia 



Georgia 



Tennessee 



Florida, California and Maine each produce slightly over one 

 billion feet b. m. per year. 



The following states produce between half a billion and one 

 billion feet, board measure, per year: 



New York 

 Kentucky 

 New Hampshire 

 South Carolina 

 Idaho 

 Ohio 

 Missouri 

 Indiana 

 The following produce less than half a billion feet, board 

 measure: 



