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BULLETIN 845, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 19. — Reported production of chestnut 1 lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 400,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



United States. 



West Virginia. . 

 North Carolina. 

 Pennsylvania. . 



Virginia 



Connecticut 



Tennessee 



Massachusetts. 



New York 



Kentucky 



Maryland 



Ohio 



Rhode Island 



New Jersey 



New Hampshire . 

 Georgia 



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



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



25S 

 182 

 482 

 188 

 112 



•232 

 121 

 371 

 198 

 91 



139 

 16 

 49 

 40 



32 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Feet b. m. 

 344,929,000 



85,123,000 

 48,720,000 

 42,880,000 

 41,866,000 

 28, 250, 000 



26, 741, 000 

 17,201,000 

 14,115,000 

 11,069,000 

 8, 417, 000 



4,990,000 

 4,516,000 

 3,793,000 

 3,659,000 

 2,668,000 



921,000 



Per cent. 



100.0 



24.7 

 14.1 

 12.4 

 12.1 



8.2 



7.8 

 5.0 

 4.1 

 3.2 



2.4 



1.4 

 1.3 

 1.1 

 1.1 



Average 

 value per 



1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. mill. 



827.31 



30.14 

 24.15 

 27.02 

 25.87 

 29.24 



25.50 



25.87 

 28.74 

 25. 50 

 25.80 



27.28 

 28.15 

 32.24 



24.79 

 29.32 



24.43 



1 Chestnut ( Castanea dentata) is the only species included in chestnut lumber. 

 BIRCH. 



The quantity of birch reported sawed, totaling 316,101,000 feet, 

 was less by 18 per cent than in 1917. The combined cut of Wiscon- 

 sin and Michigan forms two-thirds of the aggregate produced in the 

 United States. Wisconsin's cut in 1918 was less than the year before 

 by 47,000,000 feet, or 22 per cent, and that of Michigan by 13,000,000 

 feet, or 21 per cent. An increased output of 3,000,000 feet in New 

 York over the year before lifted that State from sixth to third on 

 the list of producing States. 



The advance in the average value of birch was from $24.07 to 

 $29.94 per 1,000 feet, a difference of $5.87, or 24 per cent. 



Table 20. — Reported production of birch 1 lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 370,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Per cent. 



Average 



value per 



1,000 feet 



f. o. b. mill. 





1,842 



Feet b. m. 

 316,101,000 



100.0 



$29. 94 









226 

 131 

 372 



137 

 197 



92 

 106 



66 

 180 



65 



270 



161,968,000 

 48,807,000 

 21,002,000 

 17,071,000 

 16,913,000 



15,678,000 

 9,364,000 

 7,769,000 

 5,425,000 

 3, 412, 000 



8,692,000 



51.2 

 15.4 

 6.6 

 5.4 

 5.3 



5.0 

 3.0 

 2.5 

 1.7 

 1.1 



2.8 



30.14 





30.59 





30.32 





32.28 





29.23 





33.87 





27.75 





21.95 





28.16 





23.20 



All other States (see Summary, p. 42) 



24.64 







i Yellow birch (Betula lutea) is the principal species cut in the Lake States, New England, and New 

 York. 



Paper birch (Betula papyrifera) and white (or gray) birch (Betula papulifolia) are also cut to a limited 

 extent in New England. 



Sweet (or cherry) birch (Betula lenta) is cut in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. 



River (or red) birch (Betula nigra) is cut in the Southern States. 



