26 BULLETIIsr 506, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGEICULTUEE. 



Table 19. — Reported prodiietion of lareh linuher, 1915. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 375,000 M feet b. m.] 



State. 



Principal species cut. 



Number 

 of active 

 mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



Quantity 



reported, 



Mfeet 



b. m. 



Per 

 cent. 



Average 



value per 



Mfeet 



f. o.b 



mill. 



United States 





571 



348,428 



100.0 



$10. 78 





Western larch 







39 



49 



118 



151 



123 



46 



11 



34 



115,001 

 111,345 

 37, 898 

 24, 231 

 22,368 

 21,477 

 15,506 

 602 



33.0 



32.0 



10.9 



6.9 



6.4 



6.2 



4.4 



.2 



10.79 



Idaho . 



..do 



8.89 



Minnesota 



Tamarack 



13.90 





do 



13.83 



Michigan 



do 



14.53 



Washington 



Western larch 



8.78 



Oregon 



do 



8.98 



All other States (see Summary, 







p. 38). 







BEECH. 



There is but one kind of beech native to the United States {Fagus 

 ferruginea). Beech hunber is cut in nearly all the hardwood States, 

 but Michigan, New York, and the Ohio Valley States are the most 

 important. 



Table 20. — Reported production of beech lumber, 1915. 



[Computed total production in United States, 360,000 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 



Michigan 



Pennsylvania 



West Virginia 



New York 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Kentucky 



Vermont 



Tennessee 



New Hampshire 



All other States (see Summary, p. 40) 



3,329 



303, 835 



100.0 



205 

 376 

 213 

 650 

 442 

 338 

 274 

 172 

 159 

 72 

 420 



65,998 



43, 168 



38, 952 



32, 689 



31, 923 



31,316 



20, 578 



9,162 



6,556 



6,016 



17,477 



21.7 



14.2 



12.8 



10.8 



10.5 



10.3 



6.8 



3.0 



2.2 



2.0 



5.7 



S14.01 



14.35 

 13.95 

 13.43 

 14.31 

 14.66 

 15.41 

 12.28 

 13.75 

 11.84 

 13.86 



BASSWOOD. 



Three botanical species of basswood are cut for lumber, but no 

 distinction is made on the market. Common basswood (or linn) 

 (Tilia americcma) is cut mostly in the Lake States, common basswood 

 and white basswood {Tilia hetrophylla) in the Appalachian Moun- 

 tains, while downy basswood {Tilia pubescens) is a scarce tree in 

 the Southern States. 



