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BULLETIN 845, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



DOUGLAS FIR. 



The reported production of Douglas fir, amounting to 5,819,141,000 

 feet, exceeded the 1917 output by 9 per cent. The computed total 

 cut of 5,820,000,000 feet is the largest for any year for which figures 

 are available. In 1917 the cut of Douglas fir formed 16 per cent of 

 the aggregate output of all lumber in the United States; in 1918, the 

 cut was 20 per cent, or one-fifth, of the total. The 1,101 mills report- 

 ing are an increase of 77 mills over the year before. In Washington 

 and Oregon production was slightly larger in 1918, and in California 

 production increased 40 per cent over 1917 with a smaller number of 

 mills reporting. In Idaho and Montana the output decreased. 



The average value per thousand feet increased from $16.28 in 1917 

 to $18.77, or 15 per cent. The 1918 figure is the topmost price record- 

 ed for this wood. 



Table 9. — Reported production of Douglas fir 1 lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 5,820,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



United States. 



Washington. 



Oregon 



California. . . 



Idaho 



Montana 



All other States (see Summary p. 42). 



Number of 



active { Quantity 

 mills reported. 



reporting. 



1,101 



363 

 407 



78 

 116 



56 



Feet b. m. 

 5, 819, 141, 000 



3, 578, 831, 000 



1, 89S, 080, 000 



219,267,000 



72, 658, 000 



34,906,000 



15,399,000 



Per cent. 



100.0 



61.5 



32.6 



3.8 



1.2 



.6 



value per 



1,000 feet 



f. o. b. mill. 



SIS. 77 



19.54 

 17.09 

 20.32 

 19.45 

 19.38 



23.13 



1 Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga taxifolia) is the principal commercial species. 

 WHITE PINE. 



White pine production reported in 1918 was smaller by 4 per cent 

 than in 1917, the total cut amounting to 1,968,474,000 feet. In spite 

 of the fact that it is the smallest quantity cut in more than a decade, 

 white pine assumes the position occupied hj oak in recent years in 

 point of production. The 1918 white pine cut was 8 per cent below 

 the 1917 cut in Minnesota, 7 per cent in Maine, and 21 per cent in 

 Wisconsin; the cut gained by 8 per cent in Idaho and 10 per cent in 

 New Hampshire. 



The average value of white pine rose from $24.81 per 1,000 feet in 

 1917 to $30.84 in 1918, an increase of 24 per cent. 



