UTILIZATION OF BLACK WALNUT. 



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1919 only about 25 per cent of the total lumber output was exported, 

 and about 95 per cent of this went to the British Isles and to parts 

 of Denmark and Sweden. The greatest demand for both logs and 

 lumber before this had been from Germany. There is little demand 

 from either France or Italy. According to these data the total ex- 

 portation of walnut logs and lumber in 1912 amounted to about 43 

 million board feet, lumber measure. 



Table 24.- 



-Amounts and values of walnut logs exported from the United States 

 during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1912 to 1917. 1 





1912 



1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



Country. 



Value 

 1,000 | per 

 board 1,000 

 feet, [board 



feet. 



1,000 

 board 

 feet. 



Value 

 per 

 1,000 

 board 

 feet. 



1,000 

 board 

 feet. 



Value 

 per 

 1,000 



board 

 feet. 



1,000 

 board 

 feet. 



Value 

 per 

 1,000 



board 

 feet. 



1,000 

 board 

 feet. 



Value 

 per 

 1,000 



board 

 feet. 



1,000 

 board 

 feet. 



Value 

 per 

 1,000 

 board 

 feet. 



Total 



9, 816 Sfi2. as 



12, 711 



$54.49 



6,951 



$54.96 



1,090 



$71. 87 



1.083 881:49 



1,604 



$104.33 













Europe: 



4 



791 



19 



77 



7,759 



140 



9 



259. 25 

 71.30 



49.47 

 60.39 

 61.52 

 78.64 

 133.33 

























395 



12 



416 



10,307 



161 



11 



4 



54.98 

 37.50 

 87.59 

 52.15 

 72.90 

 81.82 

 111.25 



509 



55.43 



15 



56.67 











Denmark 











France 



672 



4,535 



144 



6 



39 



28.47 

 57.09 

 69.74 

 80.33 

 61.00 



105 

 209 



67.82 

 62.89 



22 



77.45 







Germany 







Netherlands 



9 



5 



66.67 

 45.00 







Portugal 





















Sweden 









144 



825 

 19 



73.64 



85.93 

 54.79 







United Kingdom: 



Eneland 



964 

 41 

 10 



2 



57.81 

 69. 15 

 80.00 



78.50 



1,213 

 84 



57.98 

 67.08 



847 

 120 



59.72 

 60.33 



720 

 37 



74.32 

 94.59 



1 209 



irtfi R4 





'382- 97.97 



i 





North America: 



Canada 



Mexico 



7: 



34 



72.18 

 60.29 



60 



65.80 



4 



53.75 



56 



55.18 



11! 76. 27 



Central America: Panama. 













3 



33.67 





Africa : British South 1 





2 



104. 66 



19 



60.53 







2 77. 50 



1 















1 None exported for the year 1918. 



Data are not available on the export of walnut veneer. It is said 

 that foreign countries generally manufacture their own veneer from 

 the logs. On account of the extensive use of carved work thin 

 lumber five-eighths and three-fourths inch thick largely takes the 

 place of veneer in Europe. 



Walnut logs have always been in great demand from foreign 

 countries, especially from Germany. There is hardly any section 

 throughout the walnut area of the United States from which the 

 choice walnut timber has not been taken, often hauled long distances, 

 and shipped to Germany, usually to Hamburg. Thence it was re- 

 distributed in the form of logs, veneer, or lumber, largely to Russia, 

 Poland, Austria, and Scandinavia. This timber was used chiefly 

 for furniture, walnut furniture being well liked in those countries. 

 A large part of the shipments to England also was reshipped to 

 Germany. Canada, Mexico, South America, and South Africa are 

 promising markets for this timber. 



