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BULLETIN 506^ U. S. DEPAETMEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 



REDWOOD. 



Reclwood {Sequoia sempeTvirens)^ \\\\\q\\ supplies most of the 

 redwood lumber, occurs mostly in California and to a Aery small 

 extent in southern Oregon. The bigtree {Sequoia ivashingfoniana) , 

 the largest tree species in the world, which is found only in Cali- 

 fornia, also supplies a part. 



The 1915 estimated total cut of 420,291,000 feet is based on 418,- 

 824,000 feet reported by 32 California mills. The average value was 

 $13.54 per M feet f. o. b. mill. 



CEDAR. 



A number of species are grouped in this bulletin under the com- 

 mon name ''cedar." In importance as lumber producers the several 

 species rank as follows : 



Western red cedar {Thuja plicata) : The source of three-fourths 

 of the shingles made in the United States; is also cut for lumber in 

 Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. 



Port Orford cedar {('hamuecyparis lawsonlana) : Cut mostly in 

 Oregon; the principal cedar cut in that State. The 1915 reported 

 cut of cedar in Oregon was TO per cent more than in 1912. 



Northern wdiite cedar, or arborvitae {Thuja occidentalis) : Cut in 

 the Lake States and Northeastern States. 



Incense cedar {Llhocedvus decurrens) : Cut in California. 



Southern white cedar {Chamaer-yparis thyoides)^ often called 

 juniper: Cut in the Atlantic Coast States. 



Red cedar {Juniperus virginiana and /. harhadensis) : Cut mostly 

 in Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama. 



Yellow cedar {Chamaecypar-h nootliatensis) : Sometimes lumbered 

 in "Washington. 



Table 17. — Reported prodMCtion of cedar hnnber, 1915. 

 [Computed total production in Ignited States, 420,000 M feet 1). m.] 



State. 



United States. 



Wa-shington 



Oregon 



Idaho 



VirRinia 



Maine 



California 



Michigan 



Wir>con.sin , 



All other States (see Summarv, 

 p. .38;. 



Principal species cut. 



Western rod 



Port Orford 



Western red 



Roiitliorn white. 

 Northern wliite. 



Incense 



Northern white. 

 do 



Number 

 of active 

 mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



649 



102 

 43 

 22 

 29 

 79 

 35 

 39 

 47 



2.53 



Quantity 



reported, 



Mfcet 



b. m. 



352,482 100.0 



Per 

 cent. 



201, .5til 

 39, 835 

 29,654 

 21,994 

 15, 700 

 12,185 

 8,283 

 6,079 

 16, 591 



57.2 

 11.3 

 8.4 

 6.2 

 4.5 

 3.5 

 2.3 

 1.9 

 4.7 



Average 



value per 



Mfeet 



f. 0. b. 



mill. 



$10. 10 



15.40 

 19.37 

 9.44 

 22.53 

 14.14 

 12.08 

 15. .59 

 14.66 



