PRODUCTION OF LUMBEE_, LATH_, AND SHINGLES. 27 



Table 21. — Reported production of bassivood lumber, 1915. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 260,000 M feet b. m.] 



State. 



United States 



Wisconsin 



Michigan 



West Virginia 



New York 



Pennsylvania 



Oliio 



Vermont 



North Carolina 



Virginia 



All other States (see Summary, p. 40) 



Number 

 of active 

 mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



286 

 213 

 191 

 848 

 220 

 191 

 177 

 56 

 55 

 652 



Quantity 



reported, 



Mfeet 



b. m. 



207, 607 



73, 929 



28, 718 



26, 956 



18, 114 



8,075 



7,914 



6,200 



6,129 



5,131 



26, 441 



Per 

 cent. 



100.0 



35.6 

 13.8 

 13.0 

 8.7 

 3.9 

 3.8 

 3.0 

 3.0 

 2.5 

 12.7 



Average 



value per 



Mfeet 



f.o.b. 



mill. 



18.94 

 19.57 

 19.13 



19.50 

 17.30 

 19.39 

 17.71 

 18.24 

 18.81 



ELM. 



Elm lumber is sold as soft and rock elm, the soft elm lumber com- 

 ing from the botanical species white and slippery. White (or Amer- 

 ican) elm {Uhnus americana) is found in all States east of the Rocky- 

 Mountains and furnishes the larger part of the soft elm lumber sold. 



Slippery (or red) elm {Ulwhus pubescens) covers the eastern half 

 of the United States, and is next to white elm in importance. 



Cork (or true rock) elm {TJlmus racemosa) is found in the North- 

 ern States, and is cut mostly in the Lake States. 



Wing elm ( TJVmus alata) and cedar elm ( Ulmus crassifolia) of the 

 lower Mississippi Valley are sometimes cut for lumber. 



Table 22. — Reported production of elm lumber, 1915. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 210,000 M feet b. m.] 



State. 



United States. 



Principal species cut. 



Wisconsin White . 



Michigan do. 



Arkansas do 



Indiana do. 



Ohio do. 



..do. 



..do. 



-.do. 



..do. 



New York. 



Missouri 



Tennessee 



Louisiana 



All other States (see Summarv, p. 

 40.) 



Number 

 of active 

 mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



2,730 



264 

 217 



72 

 293 

 319 

 570 

 135 

 116 



26 

 718 



Quantity 

 reported, 



Mfeet 

 b. m. 



177, 748 



42,534 



35,598 



17, 055 



15, 129 



13, 815 



9,435 



8,817 



7,825 



6,031 



21,509 



Per 

 cent. 



Average 



value per 



Mfeet 



f. o. b. 



mill. 



17.50 

 18.15 

 15. 32 

 18.03 

 18.31 

 18. 16 

 14.83 

 16.38 

 15.15 



ASH. 



Three kinds of ash are important sources of lumber. White ash 

 {Fraxinus am,ericana) is cut mostly in the Central hardwood States 



