PEODUCTION OP LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES. 29- 



Table 24. — Reported production of cottontoood lumber, 1915. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 180,000 M feet b. m.] 



State. 



Principal species cut. 



S^e!S% 



mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



reported, 



Mfect 



b. m. 



Per 



cent. 



value per 

 Mfeet 

 f. o. b. 

 mill. 



United States. 



1,037 



138, 282 



Mississippi 



Arkansas 



Louisiana 



Minnesota 



Tennessee 



Michigan 



Missouri 



Iowa 



Another States (see Summary, p. 

 40). 



Common Cottonwood . 



do 



do 



Aspen and balm 



Common cotton wood . 



Aspen and balm , 



Common cottonwood . 

 do 



46 

 39 

 21 

 79 

 49 

 51 

 57 

 59 

 636 



37, 139 



23, 389 



17, 121 



14,074 



10, 466 



8,188 



3,648 



2,855 



21,402 



100.0 



26.8 

 16.9 

 12.4 

 10.2 

 7.6 

 5.9 

 2.6 

 2.1 

 15.5 



$17.36 



18.66 

 18.14 

 19.16 

 12.59 

 19.33 

 15.44 

 17.76 

 19.32 



TUPELO. 



The term "' tupelo " is here used to cover two important and one 

 minor species of the botanical genus Nyssa. Most of the tupelo 

 lumber is cut in the Gulf States from cotton gum (Nyssa aquatica) , 

 commonly called tupelo. This tree furnishes the lumber sold under 

 the trade name of "tupelo." Black gum (or peppericlge) {Nyssa 

 sylvatica) is of next importance and is cut in the Atlantic and Cen- 

 tral States; the lumber is sold both as tupelo and black gum. A 

 little lumber is made from water gum {Nyssa hifiora) in the South- 

 ern Atlantic States. 



Under '• Production by kinds of woods," on page 15, errors on the 

 part of mills in reporting black gum under red gum in previous 

 years are pointed out. The 1915 schedule sent to mills indicated that 

 black gum should be reported under tupelo, and the result was a 

 largely increased reported cut of this' species in the Atlantic and 

 Central States. 



Table 2.5. — Reported production of tupelo himber, 1915. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 170,000 M feet b. m.] 



Principal species cut. 



Number 

 of active 

 mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



Quantity 



reported, 



Mfeet 



b. m. 



Per 

 cent. 



Average 



value per 



Mfeet 



f. 0. b. 



mill. 



United States. 



Louisiana 



North Carolina . . 



Virginia 



Alabama 



South Carolina . . 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



Kentucky 



All other States 

 p. 40). 



(see Summary, 



Cotton gum . 

 Black gum.. 

 do 



Cotton gum . 

 Black gum.. 

 Cotton gum . 

 Black gum.. 

 do 



153, 001 



100.0 



62, 402 

 16, 758 

 15, 832 

 14,546 

 7,922 

 7,844- 

 5,822 

 5,198 

 16, 677 



S12. 25 



12.79 

 11.67 

 11.49 

 11.23 

 12.02 

 12.80 

 10. 97 

 12.50 



