PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1918. 



Table 1. — Quantity of lumber reported, number of active sawmills reporting, and estimated 

 total cut, 1899 and 1904-1918. 



Year. 



Reported cut of 

 lumber. 



Active 



mills 



reporting. 



Estimated total 

 cut of lumber. 



1899..... 



1904 1 



35,084,166,000 

 34,135,139,000 

 30,502,961,000 

 37, 550, 736, 000 



40,256,154,000 

 33,224,369,000 

 44,509,761,000 

 40,018,282,000 



37,003,207,000 

 39,158,414,000 

 38,387,009,000 

 37,346,023,000 



31,241,734,000 

 34,791,385,000 

 33,192,911,000 

 29, 362, 020, 000 



31,833 



2 18,277 

 11,666 

 22,398 



28,850 



31,231 



M6,584 



2 31, 934 



2 28, 107 

 a 29, 005 

 2 21, 668 

 2 27,506 



2 16,815 

 2 17,269 

 2 16, 420 

 2 14, 753 



35,084,166,000 

 43, 000, 000, 000 



1905 ; 



43, 500, 000, 000 



1906 



46,000,000 000 



1907 3 



46,000 000 000 



190S3 . 



42, 000, 000, 000 



1909 ....„ 



44,509,761,000 



1910 3 



44, 500, 000, 000 



19113. 



43, 000, 000, 000 

 45, 000, 000, 000 



1912 



1913 



44,000,000,000 

 40, 500, 000, 000 



38, 000, 000, 000 



19141 



1915 ;. 



1916 



40, 000, 000, 000 



1917 



36,000,000 000 



1918 



32, 000, 000, 000 







1 Custom mills excluded. 



a Mills cutting under 50,000 feet excluded. 



3 Including mills which manufacture lath and shingles exclusively (1,500 estimated). 



4 Includes 4,543 mills cutting less than 50,000 feet, and all cooperage, veneer, millwork, box, furniture, and 

 other factories cutting any lumber at all in 1909. 



Table 2. — Reported production of lumber, 1914, and computed totals, 1915, 1916, 1917, 



and 1918, by classes of mills. 





Classes. 



Year. 



Mills. 



Computed quantity cut. 





Com- 















puted 

 number 



Per 



cent. 



Feet B. M. 



Per 

 cent. 









operating. 













f 1 1914 



27, 506 



100.00 



37, 346, 023, 000 



100. 00 







1915 



29,951 



100. 00 



37,011,656,000 



100. 00 



All classes 



\ 1916 



30, 081 



100 00 





100. 00 

 100. 00 







1917 



24, 815 



100. 00 



35J83l',239,'000 







[ 1918 



22, 546 



100. 00 



31,890,494,000 



100. 00 





f 1914 



867 



3.15 



20,934,446,000 



56.06 







1915 



846 



2.82 



20,669,746,000 



55.84 



Class 5 





{ 1916 



925 



3.08 



23,310,137,000 



58.56 







1917 



899 



3.62 



22,148,570,000 



61.81 







{ 1918 



785 



3.48 



18,970,552,000 



59.49 







f 1 1914 



547 



1.99 



3, 910, 370, 000 



10.47 







1915 



453 



1.51 



3,224,448,000 



8.71 



Class 4: 



5,000,000 to 9,999,000 feet per year 



\ 1916 



484 



1.61 



3, 513, 767, 000 



8.82 







1917 



459 



1.85 



3,360,502,000 



9.38 







I 1918 



505 



2.24 



3, 567, 104, 000 



11.19 







f i 1914 



3,291 



11.97 



6,078,730,000 



16.28 







1915 



3,191 



10.65 



6,201,864,000 



16.76 



Class 3: 



1,000,000 to 4,999,000 feet per year 



\ 1916 



3,041 



10.11 



5,858,675,000 



14.72 







1917 



2,352 



9.48 



4,615,941,000 



12.88 







{ 1918 



2,194 



9.73 



4, 270, 755, 000 



13.39 







f 1 1914 



4,261 



15.49 



2,780,184,000 



7.44 







1915 



4,198 



14.02 



2,941,264,000 



7.95 



Class 2: 



500, 000 to 999,000 feet per year 



I 1916 



4,594 



15.27 



3, 096, 760, 000 



7.78 







1917 



3,689 



14.87 



2,460,685,000 



6.87 







I 1918 



3.183 



14.12 



2,138,005,000 



6.70 







f i 1914 



18, 540 



67.40 



3, 642, 293, 000 



9.75 







1915 



21, 263 



70.99 



3,974,334,000 



10.74 



Class 1: 



50,000 to 499,000 feet per year 



< 1916 



21,037 

 17,416 



69.93 





10.12 

 9.06 







1917 



70.18 



3,' 245' 541^000 







[ 1918 



15, 879 



70.43 



2,944,078,000 



9.23 



The data shown for 1914 is quantity actually reported cut. 



