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BULLETIN 50G_, U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



production since 1912. As the table shows, the 1915 reported cut 

 Avas 8,459,378,000, the estimated total 9,500,000,000, and the 1912 

 reported cut 12,037,085,000. The decrease is partly due to increased 

 imports from British Columbia. The reported total figures for 

 previous years are: 1911, 12,113,807,000; 1910, 12,976,362,000; 1909, 

 14,907,371,000. 



Table 3-1. — Reported prod net ion of sliingles, 1915 and 1912. 



[Computeu total 1915 cut, 9,500,000 thousand.] 



State. 



United States 



Washington 



Louisiana 



Oregon 



Maine 



Michigan 



California 



Wisconsin 



Florida 



North Caroliua 



Georgia 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



All other States (see Summary, p. 40} 



Number of active 

 mills reporting. 



Quantity reported, 

 thousands. 



3, 015 



239 

 45 

 48 



187 

 63 

 25 

 77 

 31 



125 



111 

 82 

 31 



584 



387 

 51 

 66 



277 



159 

 61 



159 

 76 



303 



240 

 78 



184 

 1,574 



8, 459, .378 



,313,335 

 385,610 

 336, 652 

 268, 004 

 250, 640 

 200, 755 

 122, 882 

 116, 054 

 74, 773 

 69, 308 

 67, 629 

 20,501 

 233, 235 



12, 037, 685 



7, 996, 251 

 718, 026 

 271,205 

 393, 772 

 459,359 

 471,592 

 267, 945 

 309, 081 

 196, 943 

 216, 688 

 126, 205 

 114,458 

 496, 160 



LUMBER VALUES. 



' Average or mill-run values, f. o. b. mill, have been compiled in 

 connection with ever}'' lumber census since 1899 except for 1905, 1913, 

 and 1914. The need of such data by the Government and the trade 

 led to their collection for 1915. 



Values for the principal woods in the most important States are 

 given in preceding tables in this bulletin. Table 35 gives the average 

 value of the same woods for all years for which such data are avail- 

 able. The prices for the 3^ears 1899 to 1910, inclusive, were compiled 

 from replies made by the mills reporting production for those years; 

 a great many mills are therefore represented. The values for 1911 

 were compiled from a former quarterly Forest Service publication, 

 " Record of Wholesale Prices of Lumber," which was based on 

 quarterly reports received from about 1,000 large mills through- 

 out the United States and reports for the year from a special list 

 of 5,000 mills. The 1912 values came entirely from the " Eecord of 

 Wholesale Prices of Lumber." Since the larger mills ordinarily get 

 better prices than the smaller establishments, the 1912 values in 

 Table 35 are somewhat higher than the actual average values of 

 lumber cut in that year. The 1915 values Avere compiled from 

 replies received from about one-half of the mills reporting their 



