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BULLETIN 506^ V. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



WHITE FIR. 



White fir is cut only in the West. White fir {Ahies concolor)^ also 

 called balsam fir, is the principal source of white fir lumber in all 

 the Western States except Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. 

 Other species, sold as ^Yhite fir and therefore here included under that 

 name, are grand fir {Ahies grandis), silver fir {Ahies amabiUs) 

 sometimes called amabilis fir, noble fir {Ahies nohilis), red fir {Ahies 

 magnifica) ^ and alpine fir {Ahies lasiocar'pa) . The cut of white fir 

 lumber in Idaho and Montana is increasing. 



Table 26. — Reported production of lohite fir Imnher, 1915. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 125,048 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. 0. b. 



mill. 



United States 





236 



121,653 



100.0 



$10. 94 





White fir; red fir 





CaUfornia i 



45 

 57 

 51 

 27 

 6 

 50 



50, 820 

 42, 906 

 12,592 

 6,783 

 6,510 

 2,042 



41.8 



35.3 



10.3 



5.6 



5.3 



1.7 



11.61 



Idaho . . 



Grand fir 



10.80 







9.41 





Snver fir . . . 



9.11 



Montana 



Grand fir 



10.40 









p. 38). 







1 Includes 2 mills in Nevada. 

 SUGAR PINE. 



Sugar pine {Pinus lamhertianci) is the largest pine in the United 

 States. The wood resembles white pine, and the uses of the two are 

 similar. The estimated total cut of 117,701,000 feet is based on 

 114,494,000 feet reported by 42 mills in California and 615,000 feet 

 reported by 2 mills in Oregon. The species grows in no other States. 

 The average value for California was $17.41 and for Oregon $15.00. 



BALSAM FIR. 



One species furnishes all of the balsam fir lumber produced. This 

 is the common balsam fir or balsam {Ahies halsamea), which is 

 lumbered in the Northeast and in tihe Lake States. 



Table 27. — Reported production of halsnm fir lumber, 1915. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 100,000 M feet b. m.] 



Number 

 of active 

 mills 

 report- 

 ing. 



Quantity 



reported, 



Mfeet 



b. m. 



Per 

 cent. 



Average 



value per 



Mfeet 



f. 0. b. 



mill. 



United States 



Maine 



Minnesota 



Vermont 



Michigan 



New Hampshire 



Wisconsin 



All other States (see Summary , p. 38) 



545 



71, 358 100. 



$13. 79 



235 

 76 

 94 

 39 

 46 

 39 

 16 



37, 279 

 14, 159 

 8,849 

 4,491 

 3, 705 

 2,446 

 429 



52.2 

 19.9 

 12.4 

 6.3 

 5.2 

 3.4 

 .6 



14.08 

 12.65 

 14.28 

 13.99 

 13.82 

 13.61 



