THE LUMBER TRADE JOURNAL 



[New Orleans, La., March 15, 1912. 



DRESSED STOCK. 



Table 15. 

 DRESSED STOCK. 



Total 494,845,000 100.00 



WOODS APPORTIONED AMONG INDUSTRIES. 



>Some woods are wholly used in a single industry, 

 others are divided between two or among several. 

 Table 12, which follows, shows this in convenient 

 form. Yellow poplar, red gum, and longleaf pine 



$11.43 $5,653,950 465,785,000 29,060,000 



are each found in eight of the nine industries, while 

 black gum, 'black walnut, black willow, pin oak, pond 

 pine, post oak, sycamore, water oak, white elm and 



yellow oak are each entirely used in but one in- 

 dustry. 



PERCENTAGE OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOOD USED IN EACH 



INDUSTRY. 



Table 12. 

 PERCENTAGE OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOOD USED IN EACH 



INDUSTRY. 



Sash, doors, Vehicle 



AVERAGE COST OF WOODS IN THE INDUS- 

 TRIES. 



Much difference in price is paid by different indus- 

 tries for wood of the same species. White oak ranges 



*Less than 1/100 of 1 per cent. 



from $10 to $42.42; yellow poplar from $9.11 to 

 $44.27; longleaf pine from $9.96 to $30, and so on 

 down the whole list of woods. Table 13, which fol- 

 lows, presents these figures. 



COST OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOOD USED BY EACH INDUSTRY. 



Table 13. 



COST OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOOD USED BY EACH INDUSTRY. 



MISSISSIPPI'S LUMBER CUT. 



^ The Bureau of the Census, co-operating with the 

 Forest Service, compiles statistics annually showing 

 the total cut of lumber by states. It is desirable 

 that figures of this kind be shown in this report, 

 since the lumber cut is the chief source from which 

 manufacturers of wood commodities draw their sup- 

 plies. The total Mississippi lumber cut in 1909 (the 

 latest complete figures) was 2,566,888,000 feet. The 

 total quantity further manufactured (see tables 1 

 and 12) was 623,992,430 feet. The difference be- 

 tween the whole lumber cut and the total quantity 

 further manufactured is 1,942,895,570 feet, which 

 is approximately the amount of lumber used in the 

 rough in Mississippi, or shipped to markets outside 

 the state. It should be borne in mind that this 

 number at best is only an approximation, and a 

 rather liberal one at that, because the statistics of 

 sawmill cut and of further manufactures do not 

 cover identical periods, though the periods are of 

 the same length. Following is the Mississippi lum- 

 ber cut for 1909: Feet. 



Yellow pine 2,114,706,000 



Oak 168,508,000 



Red gum 120,733,000 



Cottonwood 46,222,000 



Cypress 41,666,000 



Yellow poplar 25,833,000 



Hickory 21,967,000 



Ash 15,017,000 



Tupelo 6,146,000 



Elm . . 6,090,000 



Total 2,566,888,000 



COOPERAGE. 



Two kinds of cooperage are produced in Missis- 

 sippi, vessels intended to contain liquids, and be- 

 longing to the tight cooperage class, and those for 

 dry commodities, as lime, flour, fruits and vegeta- 

 bles, and known as slack cooperage. The state in 

 1909, according to census returns, supplied tight 

 coopers with 39,052,000 staves, and 2,302,618 sets of 

 heading. The best oak is required for this commo- 

 dity, and white oak is usually preferred to all others. 

 Nearly any wood gives acceptable service in slack 

 cooperage, but certain classes must be of higher 

 grade than others. A barrel must toe tighter to 

 carry flour or sugar without waste than for potatoes. 

 Three parts make up the barrel, the staves, the 'Head- 

 ing and the hoops. A large number of wire hoops 

 have replaced wood in recent years. Only two mil- 

 lion hoops were reported in the state, and all were 

 of elm; while no heading was listed. The slack 

 staves were reported as follows: 



Tupelo 10,000,000 



Red gum 7,940,000 



Oak 1,480,000 



Cottonwood ; 1,000,000 



P'i - 777,000 



Elm 525,000 



Beeoh 230,000 



Ash ... 50,000 



Total 22,002,000 



VENEER. 



The Census makes a report on the manufacture of 

 veneer cut in the state. This product is of three 

 kinds, classified with regard to the process of man- 

 ufacture: rotary cut, sawed and sliced. It is custo- 

 mary to measure rotary cut and sliced by log scale; 

 that is the logs are measured before being cut into 

 veneer. Generally the expensive woods are sawed 

 or sliced, while cheaper ones are rotary cut. It is 

 not improbable that a portion of the material listed 

 in the table of 'box and crate statistics, Taible 3, is 

 duplicated in the table giving the cut of veneer 

 which follows, for in some instances the box mak- 

 er's raw material is veneer, bought from veneer 

 mills. Following is the production for 1909, practi- 

 cally all of which is rotary cut: 



Feet 

 Log scale. 



Red gum 3,052,000 



Cotton .' 2,249,000 



Yellow pine ' 1,155,000 



Yellow poplar 910,000 



Black willow 60,000 



Tupelo 50,000 



Beech 50,000 



Red oak 27,000 



Birch 10,000 



Total 7,563,000 



TURPENTINE. 



The gathering of turpentine from pine trees bas 

 declined in recent years in Mississippi, as the fol- 

 lowing census data indicates: 



Spirits of turpentine Rosin 



Year gallons Bbls. (280 Ibs.) 



1904 3.160,000 363.000 



1 907 2,233,000 IT,:, 000 



1908 2,278,000 278,000 



1909 1,589,000 193,000 



