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BULLETIN 845, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 11. — Reported production of oak 1 lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 2,025,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



United States 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



West Virginia 



Virginia 



Kentucky 



Mississippi 



North Carolina 



Missouri 



Pennsylvania 



Ohio 



Louisiana 



Indiana 



Alabama 



New York 



Georgia 



All other States (see Summary p. 42) 



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



7,403 



285 

 459 

 357 

 865 

 442 



224 

 613 

 294 

 580 

 417 



97 

 335 

 263 

 535 

 147 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Feet b. m. 

 1,658,714,000 



237,678,000 

 181,712,000 

 175,130,000 

 153,598,000 

 113,312,000 



97,495,000 

 87,947,000 

 86,302,000 

 84,729,000 

 80, 099, 000 



77,105,000 

 65,646,000 

 29,578,000 

 25,405,000 

 24,529,000 



138, 449, 000 



Per cent. 



100.0 



14.3 

 11.0 

 10.6 

 9.3 



6.8 



5.9 

 5.3 



5.2 

 5.1 



4.8 



4.6 

 4.0 

 1.8 

 1.5 

 1.5 



Average 



value per 



1,000 feet 



f. o. b. mill. 



1.11 



29.14 

 29.23 

 35.16 

 26.66 

 34.32 



32.96 

 26.82 

 24.65 

 33.52 

 38.53 



28.47 

 42.78 

 22.76 

 35.22 

 27.43 



31.43 



1 Commercially the oaks are classed as white and red. The principal commercial oaks are listed below: 



White oaks.— White oak (Quercus alba) is the white oak common throughout the eastern half of the United 

 States. 



Chestnut (or rock) oak (Quercus prinus) is found in the Appalachian region. 



Post oak (Quercus minar) and bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) are common throughout the eastern half of 

 the country. 



Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata) and cow (or basket) oak (Quercus michauxii) are the principal southern 

 white oaks. 



Red oaks. — Red oak (Quercus rubra) is the red oak common to the eastern part of the United States. 



Texan red oak (Quercus texana) is the principal red oak sawed in the lower Mississippi Valley. 



Pin oak (Quercus palustris) is found in the Eastern and Central States. 



Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea) is the northern and northeastern red oak. 



Yellow (or black) oak (Quercus velutina) is common to most States east of the Rocky Mountains. 



Willow oak (Quercus phellos) is cut mostly in the Southern States. 



HEMLOCK. 



Hemlock production in 1918 was less by approximately 272,000,000 

 feet, or 14 per cent, than in 1917. The loss in output in comparison 

 with the preceding year amounted to 12 per cent in Wisconsin, 19 per 

 cent in Michigan, 13 per cent in Washington, 17 per cent in Pennsyl- 

 vania, and 36 per cent in West Virginia. Washington succeeded 

 Michigan in second place in point of production for all States. The 

 output in Oregon, New Hampshire, and Vermont was larger than in 

 1917. Wisconsin and Michigan combined furnish 45 per cent of the 

 aggregate cut of hemlock. Washington and Oregon produced IS. 6 

 per cent of the country's total in 1917 and 20.3 per cent in 1918. 



The average value of hemlock advanced from $20.78 per 1,000 feet 

 in 1917 to $23.97 in 1918, a higher value by $3.19, or 15 per cent. 



