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BITLLETIX oOG^ U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



from Virginia. Xorth Carolina, and South Carolina, includes both 

 loblolly and shortleaf pine. Slash pine is usually cut and sold along 

 with longleaf pine. The several species, in order of importance, are : 



Longleaf pine {Pinus palustris) : Also commonly called hard pine 

 and Georgia pine and exported as pitch pine. Cut principally in the 

 Gulf States. 



Loblolly j)ine {Pinus tccda) : " Loblolly -' is not used generally by 

 the trade, which calls this pine shortleaf, oldfield, rosemary, and 

 Virginia pine. Cut mostly in Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro- 

 lina, Arkansas, and Texas, and to a less extent in the other Gulf 

 States and Georgia. 



Shortleaf pine {Pinus echinafa) : Cut mostly in Arkansas, Vir- 

 ginia, Xorth Carolina, South Carolina. Louisiana, and Mississippi, 

 and to a less extent in the other yellow-pine States. 



Slash (or Cuban) pine {Pinus carib(ea) : Cut in Georgia and 

 Gulf States east of Mississippi Eiver. 



Scrub pine {Pinus virginiana) : Also called Jersey pine. Jliddle 

 Atlantic States. 



Pitch pine {Pinus rigida) : Middle Atlantic and Northern States. 



Spruce pine {Pinus glabra) : Gnli States. 



Pond pine {Pinus serotina) : South Atlantic States. 



Sand pine (Pinus clausa) : Florida and Alabama. 



Table-mountain pine {Pinus pU7igens) : Appalachian Mountains. 



Table 5. — Reported production of i/elloir pine lumber,. 19] 5. 

 [Computed total production m United States, 1-1,700.000 M feet b. ra.] 



State. 



Principal species cut. 



United States. 



Louisiana ; Longleaf 



Mississippi i do 



Texas | Longleaf and loblolly . . 



Loblolly and shortleaf . 



Shortleaf and loblolly. 



Longleaf 



....do 



Loblolly and shortleaf. 



....do 



Longleaf and loblollv . . 



Shortleaf *... 



North Carolina 



Arkansas 



Alabama 



Florida 



South Carolina 



Virginia 



Georgia 



Oklahoma 



Missouri ! do 



Tenne.ssee ! do 



Maryland 



Kentucky 



All other States (see Summary, 

 p. 38). 



Loblollv and shortleaf. 

 Shortleaf 



Number 

 of active 

 mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



6,006 



205 



512 



238 



1,194 



391 



618 



185 



380 



907 



561 



51 



84 



235 



129 



76 



240 



Quantity 



reported, 



M feet 



b. m. 



12,177,335 



2, 881, 615 



1,657,887 



1,557,270 



1, 130, 144 



1,082,155 



1,02:?, 306 



830, 815 



592, 184 



562, 926 



525, 747 



161,951 



50, 421 



48, 523 



25, 625 



12,909 



33.857 



Per 

 cent. 



100.0 



23.7 



13.6 



12.8 



9.3 



8.9 



8.4 



6.8 



4.9 



4.6 



4.3 



1.3 



.4 



.4 



.2 



.1 



.3 



Average 



value per 



Mfftet 



f. o. b. 



mill. 



S12.41 



12.35 

 12.30 

 12.58 

 12.21 

 12.99 

 12. 13 

 12.29 

 12.56 

 12.59 

 11.93 

 12.76 

 12.15 

 11.78 

 13.19 

 13.47 



DOUGLAS FIR. 



Douglas fir {Pseudotsuga taxifoJia) of the Western States is 

 available in larger stands than any other single species in the United 



