PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1918. 



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LARCH. 



The reported cut of larch, known as tamarack in the Lake States 

 and the Eastern States, amounting to 333,243,000 feet, was within 

 1 per cent of the total for 1917. Montana, which has led in the pro- 

 duction of larch, cut 16 per cent less than in 1917, and gave way to 

 Idaho in first place. The output in 1918 in Idaho amounted to 

 119,941,000 feet, an increase of 20 per cent. Washington mills en- 

 larged their reported output from 34,242,000 feet in 1917 to 48,248,- 

 000 feet in 1918, or 41 per cent. The cut in other States was smaller 

 than that reported for the year before. 



The average value of larch went from $16.21 to $19.86 per 1,000 

 feet in 1918, an increase of 23 per cent. 



Table 21. — Reported production of larch 1 (tamarack) lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 355,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Per cent. 



Average 

 value per 



1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. mill. 



United States. 



Feet b. m, 

 333,243,000 



100.0 



SI 9. 86 



Idaho 



Montana 



Washington. 

 Wisconsin. . . 

 Oregon 



Minnesota 



Michigan 



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



58 

 34 

 60 

 113 

 16 



97 

 82 

 32 



119,941,000 



114,250,000 



48,248,000 



16,496,000 



12,841,000 



11,890,000 



9,348,000 



229, 000 



36.0 



34.3 



14.5 



4.9 



3.8 



3.6 



2.8 

 .1 



19.50 

 20.70 

 15.04 

 26.25 

 18.17 



23.06 

 25.76 

 26.60 



1 Western larch {Larix occidentalis) is the species cut in the Inland Empire and the Pacific Northwest. 

 Tamarack, or larch (Larix larcina) is cut in the Lake States and New England States. 



BEECH. 



The reported total output of beech of 255,440,000 feet was smaller 

 by 23,000,000 feet, or 8 per cent, than the 1917 cut. The production 

 of beech is well distributed among the States, no Commonwealth or 

 region dominating the cut. West Virginia with an increased cut of 

 3 per cent over the year before displaced Indiana in second position 

 in rank of producing States. The output in New York and New 

 Hampshire was larger than for the year before. 



The average mill value for beech of $25.06 was $5.48 per 1,000 feet, 

 or 28 per cent, above the 1917 value. 



