PRODUCTION OF LUMBER^ LATH^ AND SHINGLES. 



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CHESTNUT. 



Only one species of chestnut {Castanea dentata) is native in the 

 United States. It is lumbered throughout most of its range in the 

 Central and Eastern States. The chestnut-bark disease, or chestnut 

 blight, which has killed much of the timber north of the Potomac 

 Eiver, is now invading the more valuable Appalachian forests. 

 Blight-killed chestnut timber, utilized before it deteriorates on the 

 stump, is suitable for all purposes for which chestnut is used. 



Table 15. — Reported production of chestnut lumber, 1915. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 490,000 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 



■West Virginia 



Pennsylvania 



North Carolina 



Virginia 



Tennessee 



Connecticut 



Kentucky 



Massachusetts 



Maryland 



New York i ,. . 



New Jersey 



All other States (see Summary, p. 40) 



3,266 



334 

 691 

 175 

 355 

 284 

 111 

 249 

 134 

 87 

 435 

 127 

 284 



399, 473 



100.0 



117, 989 

 64, 388 

 40, 876 

 35,573 

 28,484 

 27, 351 

 15,508 

 15, 138 

 14, 191 

 13,425 

 13, 301 

 23,249 



29.5 

 13.6 

 10.2 

 8.9 

 7.1 

 6.9 

 3.9 

 3.8 

 3.6 

 3.4 

 3.3 

 5.8 



116. 17 



15.93 

 16.42 

 15.58 

 15.31 

 15.16 

 17.03 

 15.67 

 16.32 

 14.15 

 18.89 

 19.91 



YELLOW POPLAR. 



Yellow poplar {Liriodendron tulipifera), a single species, is also 

 known as whitewood, poplar, or tulip poplar. The best-known 

 trade name is simply poplar. The Appalachian States constitute, 

 the principal producing region. 



Table 16. — Reported production of yellow-poplar lumber, 1915. 



[Computed total production in United States, 464,000 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 



West Virginia 



Kentucky 



Tennessee 



Virginia 



North Carolina 



Ohio 



Alabama 



Georgia 



All other States (see Summary, p. 40) 



3,046 



377, 386 



100.0 



295 

 364 

 415 

 438 

 319 

 244 

 129 

 93 

 749 



100, 

 49, 

 46, 

 40, 

 33, 

 29, 

 22, 

 20, 

 34, 



26.7 



13.0 



12.2 



10.9 



8.8 



7.7 



6.1 



5.4 



9.2 



$22. 45 



24.90 

 23.24 

 22.82 

 20.30 

 19.71 

 27.76 

 18.25 

 19.36 



