18 BULLETIN 506, U. S. DEPAETMEKT OF AGKICULTURE. 



KED OAKS. 



Red oak {Quercus horealis) is the red oak common in tlie eastern 

 lialf of the United States, except in the Gulf States. 



Texan red oak {Quercus texana) furnishes the main supply of red 

 oak himber in the lower Mississippi" Valley. 



Pin oak {Quercus palustrls) occurs in many Eastern and Central 

 States. 



Scarlet oak {Quercus coccinea) is a northern and northeastern 

 tree. 



Yellow (or black) oak {Quercus velmMna) is found in most States 

 east of the Rocky Mountains. 



Willow oak {Quercus phellos) is of commercial importance in the 

 Southern States only. 



Table 7. — Reported production of oak lumber, 1915. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 2,970,000 M feet b. m.] 



State. 



United States . 



Principal species cut. 



West Virginia White, red, chestnut . 



Arkansas White, Texan 



Kentucky • White, red 



Tennessee i do 



Virginia ' White, red, chestnut. 



Ohio do 



Pennsylvania \ do 



North Carolina do 



Missouri [ White, red, Texan. . . 



Mississippi White, Texan 



Indiana | White, red 



Louisiana White, Texan 



Alabama ' do 



Texas do 



Marj-land White, red, chestnut . 



Illinois j White, red 



New York do 



Georgia White, Texan 



Wisconsin i White, red 



New Jersey do 



All other States (see Summary, 



p. m. 



Number 

 of active 

 mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



9,517 



Quantity 



reported, 



Mfeet 



b. m. 



2, 070, 444 



4S3 

 439 

 584 

 747 

 929 

 593 

 835 

 709 

 388 

 268 

 417 



. 88 

 291 

 86 

 157 

 128 

 639 

 223 

 223 

 142 



1,148 



291,261 

 223, 752 



222. 964 



210. 965 

 165, 592 

 128, 562 

 125, 581 



97, 014 

 95,435 

 89, 469 

 80, 289 

 74,304 

 37,088 

 32, 504 

 .24,348 

 22, 660 

 21,617 

 20,467 

 13,658 

 13, 155 

 79, 699 



Per 

 cent. 



100.0 



14.1 



10.8 



10.8 



10.2 



8.0 



6.2 



6.1 



4.7 



4.6 



4.3 



3.9 



3.6 



1.8 



1.6 



1.2 



1.1 



1.0 



1.0 



.6 



.6 



3.8 



value per 

 Mfeet 

 f. o. b. 

 mill. 



S18. 73 



19.03 

 18.40 

 18.79 

 19.62 

 16.64 

 21.46 

 19.73 

 16.42 

 16.51 

 18.61 

 22.58 

 18.48 

 15.68 

 16.72 

 17.37 

 19.15 

 19.70 

 16.06 

 21.96 

 24.03 



WHITE PINE. 



Tender " white pine " is included the common white pine of the 

 North and the western, or Idaho, white pine. There are also included 

 Norway pine and jack pine, which are lumbered Avith white pine in 

 the Lake States and eastward, and for w^hich the mills can not 

 readily give separate figures. The scientific names and commercial 

 range of these species are as follows : 



