PRODUCTION" OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN" 1918. 31 



CEDAR. 



Cedar production in the country was 230,476,000 feet in 1918, 

 or 11 per cent smaller than in 1917. The cut in Washington was 

 smaller than the year before by 33,000,000 feet, or 25 per cent; Wash- 

 ington produced 52.6 per cent of all the cedar lumber in the United 

 States in 1917 and 44 per cent in 1918. The cut increased in several 

 States — 9 per cent in Oregon, 75 per cent in Idaho, 42 per cent in 

 in Michigan, and slightly in California. 



The difference in the species cut in the several regions is responsible 

 for the wide variation in the average value shown for the individual 

 States. In 1917 the average for all States was $19.40; this increased 

 $5.46 per 1,000 feet to $24.86 in 1918, or 28 per cent. 



Table 24. — Reported production of cedar 1 lumber, 1918. 



[Computed total production in the United States, 245,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Per cent. 



value per 



1,000 feet 



f. o. b. mill. 



United States . 



Feet b. m. 

 230,476,000 



100.0 



$24. 86 



Washington. 



Oregon 



Idaho 



California . . . 

 Michigan 



Maine 



Tennessee 



Virginia. 



North Carolina. 

 Wisconsin 



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



102,379,000 



45,797,000 



26, 810, 000 



21,358,000 



8, 481, 000 



6,241,000 

 5, 748, 000 

 3,326,000 

 3,226,000 

 3, 220, 000 



3, 890, 000 



44.0 

 19.9 

 11.6 

 9.3 

 3.7 



2.7 

 2.5 

 1.4 

 1.4 

 1.4 



1.7 



20.06 

 37.15 

 21.42 

 19.14 

 22.04 



26.34 

 40.55 

 26.32 

 32.55 

 24.11 



35.09 



1 Western red cedar ( Thuja plicata) is cut in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. 



Port Orford cedar ( Chamsecyparls lawsoniana) is cut in Oregon. 



Yellow cedar ( Chavixcyparis nootkatensis) is cut in Washington. 



Incense cedar (Libocedrus decurrens) is cut in California. 



Northern white cedar (or arborvita}) ( Thuja occidentalis) is cut in the Lake States and the Northeastern 

 States. 



White cedar (or jumper) ( Chamxcyparis thyoides) is cut in the Atlantic Coast States. 



Red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) and southern red juniper (Juniperus barbadensis) is cut in Tennessee, 

 Florida, and Alabama. 



TUPELO. 



The total reported cut of 201,103,000 feet of tupelo in 1918 was 

 20 per cent under that of the year before. Louisiana's portion of 

 the total out increased from 51 per cent in 1917 to 61 per cent in 

 1918, despite the fact that the State's output was 5,000,000 feet 

 below that of the year before, or 4 per cent. Alabama's cut declined 

 37 per cent, North Carolina's 32 per cent, and South Carolina's 51 

 per cent. The cut in Arkansas jumped from 4,788,000 to 8,786,000 

 feet, or 84 per cent. 



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

 the average value of $22.73 in 1918 being an increase of $4.67 per 

 1,000 feet, or 26 per cent. 



