PRODUCTION" OF LUMBER,, LATH^ AND SHINGLES. 15 



Tlie apparently large increase in the cut of tiipelo, which includes 

 black gum, during 1915 is believed to be due to the fact that in pre- 

 vious years many mills in the Atlantic and Central States reported 

 their cut of black gum under red gum. The actual cut of tupelo in 

 1915 was undoubtedly less than in 1914. In Louisiana, where the 

 mills distinguish between tupelo and red gum, the cut of tupelo was 

 one-third less. 



The rather consistent decline in the cut of hickory lumber, while 

 pointing to the exhaustion of hickory stumpage in many sections, 

 really indicates that hickory timber is more and more being cut, as 

 recommended by the Forest Service, into more profitable dimension 

 stock for handle and vehicle manufacturers. Dimension stock is not 

 reported as lumber. The hickory lumber reported should, according 

 to the best standard of utilization, be thick stock for the special indus- 

 tries demanding hickory. 



The unusuallj'^ big production of walnut lumber in 1915 was 

 largely caused by orders for thick lumber to be manufactured into 

 gunstocks for use in Europe. 



In the portion of the bulletin which follows, the principal kinds of 

 lumber are discussed separately. While the computed total cut of 

 each wood is shown in the tables, only the actual production reported 

 by the mills is given for each State, since it is felt that this indicates 

 sufficiently a State's relative position as a producer of each wood. 



The average values given in the tables following were compiled 

 from reports'made by about one-half of the 16,815 mills which re- 

 ported their lumber cut. Values were reported, however, bj^ a part of 

 each class of mills in each State, and the weight of the production of 

 each class was considered in the computations, so the results are very 

 fair average values. Differences in State values are due only in part 

 to distance from consuming markets and to supply and demand. 

 Other factors are quality of timber, how well the lumber is manu- 

 factured, and the efficiency of sales organizations. 



In the case of those kinds of wood comprising more than one 

 species recognized by the lumber trade, the principal species cut in 

 each State are noted in the tables. The standard name given for 

 each species is that adopted by the Forest Service, and is in most 

 cases the one now used by the lumber trade. The Latin scientific 

 names of all species are given to facilitate reference, especially in the 

 case of foreign readers. 



YELLOW PINE. 



Yellow pine lumber is produced chiefly in the Southern States. 

 Three species: — the longleaf, loblolly, and shortleaf — supply most of 

 the stumpage, while minor yellow pines are cut to a limited extent. 

 The lumber known commercially as North Carolina pine, and coming 



