UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



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Contribution from the Forest Service 

 H. S. GRAVES, Forester 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



April 21, 1917 



PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES 

 IN 1915 AND LUMBER IN 1914. 



By J. C. Nellis, Forest Examiner. 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction 1 



Method of compilation 4 



Production, by classes of mills 



Production, by States 7 



Production, by kinds of wood 13 



Yellow pine 15 



Douglas fir ; 16 



Oak : 17 



White pine 18 



Hemlock 19 



Spruce 20 



Western yellow pine 21 



Cypress 21 



Maple 22 



Red gum 22 



Chestnut 23 



Yellow poplar 23 



Redwood 21 



Cedar 24 



Birch 2o 



Larch 25 



Production, by kinds of wood— Continued. 



Beech 2G 



Basswood 20 



Elm 27 



' Ash 27 



Cottonwood 28 



Tupelo 29 



White fir 38 



Sugar pine 30 



Balsam fir = 30 



Hickory 31 



Walnut 31 



Lodgepolc pine 32 



Sycamore 32 



Minor species 33 



Lath 34 



Shingles 35 



Lumber values 36 



Detailed summary 37 



Appendix— 1914 statistics -ia 



INTRODUCTION. 



Detailed statistics on the 1915 production of lumber, lath, and 

 shingles are given in this bulletin. Preliminary statements issued 

 in the spring of 1916 summarized the data for the early informa- 

 tion of the lumber trade. There is now presented a permanent and 

 complete record of the 1915 lumber cut, with comparisons of the 

 production in that year with previous years. 



Note. — Acknowledgment for assistance in compiling the bulletin is due R. S. Kel- 

 logg, secretary National Lumber Manufacturers' Association ; A. B. Strough, New York 

 Conservation Commission ; P. T. Coolidge, New Jersey Department of Conservation and 

 Development ; and the following members of the Forest Service : F. H. Smith, A. H. 

 Pierson, C. M. Granger, C. W. Gould, C. A. Kupfer, H. N. Knowlton, and A. L. Brower! 



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