PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1918. 



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MAPLE. 



The production of maple shared in the general slump in output. 

 The reported cut of 696,986,000 feet was 105,000,000 feet, or 13 per 

 cent below that of 1917. In Michigan, where more than 40 per cent 

 of the country's total is cut, production dropped 63,000,000 feet, or 

 18 per cent from the previous year. Production in New York and 

 Ohio was slightly greater than in 1917. 



A higher average mill value was obtained in 1918 than in 1917, the 

 average value of $29.05 in 1918 being an increase of $5.89 per 1,000 

 feet, or 25 per cent. 



Table 15. — Reported production of maple 1 lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 815,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



Number of 



active Quantity 



mills reported. 



reporting, j 



Per cent. 



Average 

 value per 



1.000 feet 

 f. 6. b. mill. 



United States . 



3,659 



Michigan 



Wisconsin 



West Virginia. 



New York 



Pennsylvania. 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Vermont 



Arkansas 



All other States (see Summary, p. 42). 



178 

 256 

 171 

 699 

 392 



321 

 269 

 169 

 69 

 1,135 



Feet 6. m. 

 696, 986, 000 



100.0 



S29. 05 



287,231,000 

 141,151,000 

 58,009,000 

 46. 691, 000 

 35, 324, 000 



28,443,000 

 19,582,000 

 11,449,000 

 11,286,000 

 57, 820, 000 



41.2 

 20.3 

 8.3 

 6.7 

 5.1 



4.1 

 2.8 

 1.6 

 1.6 

 8.3 



29.93 

 26.97 

 33.85 

 31.02 

 27.09 



27.17 

 32.64 

 27.98 

 24.13 

 25.43 



1 Sugar (or hard) maple (Acer siccharum) is cut principally in the Northern States. 



Silver (or soft) maple (Acer saccharinum) is also cut in the Northern States. 



Red (or soft) maple (Acer rubrum) is the principal species cut in the Southern States. 



Mountain maple (Acer spicatum) and striped maple (Acer pennsyhanicum) are cut in the Eastern States. 



Oregon maple (Acer macrophyllum) is cut in the Pacific Coast States. 



GUM. 



The cut of red gum in recent years, when the production of other 

 woods declined, either increased or underwent little or no change. 

 In 1918, however, the reported total production of 651,545,000 feet 

 was 79,000,000 feet below the total cut in 1917, or 11 per cent. In 

 Arkansas, in which State approximately one-third of the aggregate 

 output of all States is sawed, the decrease in cut amounted to 15 per 

 cent. The decline was shared in by all of the States with the excep- 

 tion of Alabama, where a slightly increased output advances the State 

 from sixth to fifth place in rank of production. 



The average value of $23.21 is an increase above the 1917 average 

 of $19.56 of $3.65 per 1,000 feet, or 19 per cent. 



