2 BULLETIN 506, U. S. DEPAETMENT OP AGEICULTUKE. 



This bulletin is one of a series issued annually, covering the 

 years 1905 to 1915, inclusive, with the exception of 19U. Data 

 for that year were compiled by the Bureau of the Census in coop- 

 eration with the Forest Service, and the totals announced early in 

 1916. A detailed summary of the 1914 lumber cut is given in the 

 appendix. The 1913 lumber census was conducted by the Forest 

 Service in cooperation with the Bureau of Crop Estimates, and 

 the results published as United States Department of Agriculture 

 Bulletin No. 232. The work for the other years mentioned above, 

 except 1905, was done by the Bureau of the Census in cooperation 

 with the Forest Service, and the results issued as a Forest Service 

 bulletin for 1906 and as Census bulletins for 1907 to 1912, inclusive. 

 The Forest Service secured the data and issued the report for 1905. 

 Statistics on lumber cut were also secured by the Census for the 

 quinquennial year 1904 and decennial years 1899, 1889, etc., back to 

 1850. The detailed results appear in the Census reports for those 

 years. 



The Bureau of the Census discontinued annual lumber-cut sta- 

 tistics after 1912 because of lack of funds, but the quinquennial 

 census of manufactures covering 1914 included the lumber industry, 

 with the exception of custom and yerj small mills. 



In securing figures for lumber production in 1915 the National 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association agreed to cooperate financially, 

 provided figures on the total cut would be issued before May 1, 1916. 

 This condition was fulfilled. It was necessary to rely chiefly upon 

 correspondence in securing reports from the mills, and in this work 

 the national association and regional associations^ also cooperated 

 heartih^ The New York Conservation Commission and the New 

 Jersey Department of Conservation and Development furnished the 

 statistics for those States. All other States east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains were handled by the Office of Industrial Investigations, Forest 

 Service, Washington, D. C, while the Western States were taken care 

 of by the Forest Service district products offices at Albuquerque, Den- 

 ver, Missoula, Ogden, Portland, and San Francisco. The Pennsyl- 

 vania Department of Forestry, which annually compiles data on 

 stumpage cut, assisted in completing returns from Pennsylvania 

 mills. The Office of Industrial Investigations was the clearing 

 house for all statistics, issued the preliminary statements giving fig- 

 ures for the whole country, and prepared this bulletin. 



' Goorcin-FIoriiln Sawmill Association. Northorn Piui^ AssoriafioTi. 



Uardwoofl Manufacturers' Association. Soutlicrii Cypress Associjitinn. 



Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- Routliprn Pine Association. 



elation. West ("oast Lumbermen's Association. 



Mississippi Pino Association. Western Pine Manufacturers' Association. 



Kor(l) Carolina Pine Association. Yellow Pine Exchange (Alexandria, La.) 



Xortlicrn IP-mlock & Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association. 



