PRODUCTION OF LUMBER; LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1918. 19 



YELLOW PINE. 



The reported cut of yellow pine for 1918 was 20 per cent under that 

 for 1917 and is the smallest cut recorded since 1899, with the excep- 

 tion of 1905. Since yellow pine production formed 34 per cent of the 

 country's aggregate lumber output, the economic importance of the 

 decline becomes the more marked. Embraced in the classification of 

 yellow pine is the longleaf pine cut in the Southern and Gulf States, 

 the shortleaf pine from the same region as well as Arkansas, and the 

 shortleaf and loblolly pine of the North Carolina pine region. 



The lessened output was general among the larger producing States. 

 In Missouri and Maryland alone the 1918 cut was in excess of that re- 

 ported in 1917. The decrease ranged from 17 per cent in both Louisi- 

 ana and North Carolina to as high as 36 per cent in Georgia. Through 

 the greater loss in output in Arkansas, that State displaced North 

 Carolina in seventh place in the rank of producing States. 



Reports were received from 5,289 active mills in 1918, whereas 

 6,217 mills reported in 1917. 



The average value of yellow pine f. o. b. mill for the year was $24.38. 

 The figure represents an increase of $5.38 per 1,000 feet; or 28 per 

 cent, over the year before. The average value rose 33 per cent in 1917 

 over 1916. 



Table 8. — Reported production of yellow pine 1 lumber in 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 10,845,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



Quantity- 

 reported. 



Per cent. 



value per 



1,000 feet 



f. o. b. mill. 



United States 



Louisiana 



Mississippi 



Texas 



Alabama 



NortSi Carolina 



Florida 



Arkansas 



Virginia 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



Oklahoma 



Missouri 



Tennessee 



Maryland 



All other States (see Summary, p. 42) 



Feet b. m. 

 9,941,997,000 



100.0 



§24. 38 



225 

 488 

 230 

 638 

 ,008 



184 

 260 

 820 

 349 

 465 



211 

 118 



158 



2,486,847,000 

 1,448,893,000 

 1, 172, 154, 000 

 1,037,659,000 

 782, 027, 000 



765,912,000 

 742,236,000 

 454,015,000 

 416,536,000 

 352, 682, 000 



147,494,000 

 42,062,000 

 37,474,000 

 30,223,000 

 25, 783, 000 



25.0 

 14.6 

 11.8 

 10.4 

 7.9 



7.7 

 7.5 

 4.6 

 4.2 

 3.5 



1.5 

 .4 

 .4 

 .3 

 .2 



25.13 

 24.52 

 25.27 

 22.27 

 23. 09 



24.21 

 25.15 



24.81 

 25.62 

 22.08 



20.79 

 23.20 

 18.83 

 23.65 

 25.13 



1 Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris), also known as Georgia pine and hard pine and exported as pitch pine; 

 cut mostly in the Gulf States. 



North Carolina pine (Pinus tseda), also called shortleaf, loblolly, old field, rosemary, and Virginia pine; 

 cut mostly in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Arkansas, and Texas. 



Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata); cut mostly m Virginia, North and South Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana, 

 and Mississippi. 



Sand pine (Pinus clausa); Florida and Alabama. 



Slash (or Cuban) pine (Pinus caribxa); cut mostly in Georgia and the Gulf States east of the Mississippi 

 River. 



Scrub pine (Pinus virginiana), also called Jersey pine; cut in the Middle Atlantic States. 



Pitch pine (Pinus rigida); Middle Atlantic and Northern States. 



Spruce pine (Pinus glabra); Gulf States. 



Pond pine (Pinus serotina); South Atlantic States. 



Table-m-,untain pine (Pinus pungens); Appalachian Mountains. 



