BULLETIN 523, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 

 Table 4. — Ash used by secondary industries in the United States. 



state. 



Illinois 



Michigan 



Ohio 



Arkansas 



Iowa 



Indiana 



New York 



AVisconsin 



Pennsylvania. .. 



Missouri 



Tennessee 



Minnesota 



Kentucky 



Maine 



Virginia 



Massafhusetts... 

 New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Connecticut- . .■. . 



Texas 



Alabama 



Georgia 



Mississippi 



Quantity 



used 

 annually. 



Feet b. m. 

 r>l,.311,000 

 33, 220, 019 

 29, 029, 703 

 24, 18:3, 000 

 19, 827, 442 

 17,727,237 

 17, 556, 225 

 14, 339, 000 

 14,304,627 

 10, 528, 075 

 7, 769, 000 

 6, 280, 592 

 4, 498, 500 

 4,487,000 

 4, 182, 403 

 3,601,500 

 3, 540, 552 

 3, 137, 087 

 2, 995, 198 

 2, 393, 940 

 2, 330, 500 

 2, 236, 877 

 2,171,000 



State. 



Oklahoma 



West Virginia 



Louisiana 



New Jersey 



South Carolina 



North Carolina 



Maryland 



California 



Oregon 



Delaware 



Kansas 



Florida 



Rhode Island 



Nebraska 



Washington 



Colorado 



District of Columbia 



Utah 



Arizona 



Idaho 



Total 



Quantity 



used 

 annually. 



Feet b. 



1,818 



1, 763: 



1, 756 



1,551 



1, 518, 



1,417 



922 



816 



406 



387 



287 



280 



250 



172: 



130 



130 



107 



25 



5 



m. 



,500 



,300 



.450 



,254 



,000 



,000 



(575 



,798 



,800 



543 



629 



; 163 



250 



493 



;900 



650 



,800 



,000 



500 



500 



THE ANNUAL CUT. 



The census returns for the past decade indicate an annual cut of 

 from two hundred to three hundred million feet of ash lumber. In 

 rank in lumber production ash stands twentieth or twenty-first 

 among all species. In addition to the lumber cut, from twenty-five 

 to thirty-five million board feet ^ of ash is reported ^ to be used 

 annually in slack cooperage for staves, heading, and hoops. The 

 total annual cut of lumber and cooperage stock appears to be about 

 the same for ash as for hickory or cottonwood.- 



Table 5. — Output of ash lumber, by States, in 1899 and from 190Ji to 1915, 

 inclusive, in 1,000 board feet; and average value of the product, f. o. b. mills 

 in the United States. 





1899 



1904 



1905 



1906 



1907 



1908 



Total number of mills reporting 



31,8.33 



18, 277 



11,666 

 2,653 



22, 393 



28, 850 

 5,454 



-$25. 01 



1,000 



board feet. 



252, 040 



31 231 



Total number of mills cutting ash 



6,012 



Average value per 1,000 board feet. f. o. b. 

 mill 



$15. 84 



1,000 



board feet. 



269, 120 



S18. 77 



1,000 



board feet. 



169, 178 



5524.35 



1,000 



board feet. 



214, 460 



.?25. 51 



Total cut of ash 



1,000 



board feet. 



159,634 



1,000 

 board feet. 

 225, 367 







Alabama 



5, 782 

 1.5,624 



2,641 

 14,586 



1,071 

 13, 034 



2,377 

 20, 571 



3,306 

 23, 801 



1,277 



Arkansa,s . . . 



21 086 



California 



10 



Connecticut 



158 



292 



904 



50 



85 



553 



873 



13, 340 



2,118 



3 



370 



967 



1,781 



19,031 



848 



1,884 



7 



370 



1, 320 



1,809 



19,3.59 



422 



],.535 



Delaware 



105 



Florida 



402 



992 



1,075 



27, 603 



347 



26 



4,877 



167 

 426 

 899 

 25,606 

 115 



113 



Georgia 



1,605 



1,804 



19, 997 



Illinois 



Indiana 





302 



Kansa,s and Nebraska 







Kentucky 



4,246 



12, 939 



8,999 



10,405 



8,629 



^ Mostly from green ash in tho lower Mississippi Valley. 

 " According to census reports. 



