12 BULLETIN 845, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



LUMBER PRODUCTION BY STATES. 



The total number of sawmills in operation and the total quantity 

 of lumber reported cut in each State for the last 10 years — 1909 to 

 1918, inclusive — are shown in Table 5. The figures accurately por- 

 tray the fluctuations in the lumber trade for the period covered. 

 Only three of the leading producing States show a gain in output in 

 1918 over the year before, and these States are in the western group. 

 The increase in Washington, which ranks first in volume of pro- 

 duction amounted to less than 1 per cent ; in Oregon the increase was 

 5 per cent, and in Idaho 6 per cent. Production in all of the southern 

 pine States markedly declined from the year before. In comparison 

 with the 1917 output the cut was 18 per cent smaller in Louisiana, 

 20 per cent in Mississippi, 17 per cent in Arkansas, 22 per cent in 

 Texas, 18 per cent in Alabama, 23 per cent in Florida, and 30 per cent 

 in Georgia. A largely decreased output also is in evidence for the 

 North Carolina pine group of States; in North Carolina the decline 

 amounted to 15 per cent, in Virginia to 19 per cent, and in South 

 Carolina to 27 per cent. The cut in the Lake States was likewise 

 less than for the year before. In Wisconsin the production was less 

 by 8 per cent, in Minnesota 7 per cent, and in Michigan 12 per cent. 

 Other changes in production among the minor producing States may 

 be attributed to more or less local conditions. 



