UTILIZATION OF ASH. 



Table 3 shows the proportion of the ash lumber cut derived from the 

 important species in different regions of the United States in 1910. 



Table 3. 



-Proportion of the ash lumTjer cut of 1910 derived from the important 

 species in different regions. 



Region. 



New England 



Middle Atlantic States 



Lake States (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) . . . 



Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Kentucky, 

 Tennessee 



South Atlantic States and Alabama 



Lower Mississippi Valley, including Missouri, Ar- 

 kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and Mis- 

 sissippi 



Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota 



Washington, Oregon, California s 



Total 



Per cent 

 of total 

 cut in 

 United 



States. 



5.5 

 7.4 

 19.3 



32.8 



5.7 



28.8 

 .2 

 .3 



100.0 



Total cut 



in the 

 region in 

 board feet. 



12,965,000 

 17,370,000 

 45,334,000 



76,927,000 

 13,307,a00 



67, 678, 000 

 534,000 

 600, 000 



234,715,000 



Per cent of total in region. 



White 

 ash.i 



83.8 

 80.3 

 30.1 



70.1 

 40.6 



10.2 

 34.6 



Green 



ash. 2 



0.3 

 3.5 



21.4 

 59.4 



65.4 



37.1 



Black 



ash. 



16.2 



19.4 



66.4 



8.5 



1 Includes small per cent of Biltmore and blue ash. 



2 Includes small per cent of pumpkin and red ash. 



3 All Oregon ash. 



Table 3 shows white ash to be the important species in New Eng- 

 land, the Middle Atlantic, and the Central States; green ash in the 

 South Atlantic States, the lower Mississippi Valley, and in Iowa, 

 Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota; and black ash in the Lake 

 States— Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Over half the total 

 supply of white ash comes from the Central States, 70 per cent of 

 the green ash comes from the lower Mississippi Valley, and 71.5 

 per cent of the black ash from the Lake States. Over 60 per cent 

 of the total supply of ash comes from the central and lower Missis- 

 sippi Valley States, 19 per cent from the Lake States, 13 per cent 

 from New England and Middle Atlantic States, and only 5.7 per 

 cent from the South Atlantic States. 



DEMAND AND SUPPLY. 



QUANTITY USED ANNUALLY. 



Practically all of the ash cut each year is required for use in 

 so called secondary wood-using industries, which take the sawed 

 lumber and, to a less extent, material in the rough form of logs and 

 bolts, and use it in the manufacture of handles, butter tubs, vehicles, 

 planing-mill products, etc. Table 4 indicates the present annual 

 demand for ash in these industries and its distribution by States. 

 According to this table a larger amount of ash was used in these 

 industries than the census reported as being manufactured into 

 lumber and cooperage stock. (See p. 8.) The excess is probably 

 due to the manufacture of handles, butter tubs, and vehicle stock 

 directly from logs and bolts. 



