PKODUCTION OP LUMBER;, LATH, AND SHINGLES. 



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WESTERN YELLOW PINE. 



Western yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa) is cut for lumber in every 

 western State from South Dakota to the Pacific coast. Bull pine is 

 a common woods name for the tree. The lumber is generally sold 

 under the trade names of California white pine, New Mexico white 

 pine, western soft pine, and western white pine. The better grades 

 are soft and light, and compete with white pine. 



Table 11. — Reported production of western yellow pine litniier, 1915. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 1,293, 985 M feet b. m.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 

 mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



Quantity 

 reported, 

 Mfeet 

 b. m. 



Per 



cent. 



Average 



value per 



Mfeet 



f. 0. b. 



mill. 



United States 



California i 



Idaho 



Oregon 



AVashington 



Montana 



Arizona 



New Mexico 



Colorado 



South Dakota 



All other States (see Summary, p. 38) 



726 



1,252,244 



100.0 



$14.32 



91 



119 



134 



120 



59 



14 



43 



75 



28 



43 



389, 991 



201, 858 



189, 203 



148, 789 



118, 920 



75, 843 



61, 466 



37,241 



22, 457 



6,476 



14.89 

 12.37 

 16.31 

 14.39 

 13.33 

 13.21 

 13.78 

 13.06 

 16.98 



1 Includes 1 mill in Nevada. 



CYPRESS. 



Bald cypress {Taxodimn distichuin) is the commercial cypress. 

 The principal stand of cypress is in Louisiana, and that State is the 

 principal producer of cypress lumber. Other southern States are 

 next in importance, and some is cut in the Atlantic and Central 

 States. New tracts of cypress have been opened in Florida during 

 the past tvv^o years, and the repoi-ted lumber cut in that State was 

 60 per cent more in 1915 than in 1912. 



Table 11. — Reported production of western yeUoic pine Jumljcr, 1915. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 1,100,000 M feet b. m.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 

 mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



Quantity 



reported, 



Mfeet 



b. m. 



Per 



cent. 



value per 

 M feet 

 f. 0. b. 

 miU. 



United States 



Louisiana 



Florida 



Georgia , 



Soutli Carolina 



North Carolina 



Arkansas 



MissoiLri , 



Mississippi 



AU other States (see Summary, p. 38) 



91 



34 



39 



38 



103 



112 



41 



70 



119 



926, 758 



100.0 



560, 751 

 161,123 

 49, 703 

 30, 062 

 27,059 

 25, 383 

 23, 986 

 23, 666 

 25, 035 



60.5 

 17.4 

 5.4 

 3.2 

 2.9 

 2.7 

 2.6 

 2.6 

 2.7 



S19.85 



20.55 

 20.99 

 17.61 

 17.05 

 16.31 

 17.53 

 14.95 

 17.65 



