32 BULLETIN 845, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 25. — Reported production of tupelo x lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 237,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Per cent. 



Average 

 value per 



1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. mill. 





597 



Feet 6. m. 

 201, 103, 000 



100.0 



$22 73 









59 

 31 

 38 

 ' 53 

 14 



76 

 45 

 34 

 9 

 44 



194 



122, 368, 000 

 16, 078, 000 

 12, 399, 000 

 8, 786, 000 

 8, 303, 000 



6,311,000 

 5,082,000 

 4,343,000 

 4,332,000 

 3, 519, 000 



9, 582, 000 



60.8 

 8.0 

 6.2 

 4.4 

 4.1 



3.1 

 2.5 

 2.2 

 2.2 



1.7 



4.8 



22 96 





23 56 





20 74 





21 42 





22 95 





22 43 





23 74 





21 35 





23 56 





23 54 



A 11 other States (see Summary, p. 42) 



21.60 



1 Tupelo (or cotton gum) (Nyssa aquatica) is cut in the Gulf States. 



Black gum (or pepperidge) (Nyssa sylvatica) is cut in the Atlantic and Central States and is sold both as 

 tupelo and black gum. 

 Water gum ( Nyssa biflora) is cut to a small extent in the South Atlantic States. 



WHITE FIR. 



After several years' continued growth in the production of white 

 fir, the cut of 210,750,000 feet in 1918 was 1 per cent under that of 

 the year before. The manufacture declined 13 per cent in California 

 and Nevada, and 42 per cent in Oregon; it increased 34 per cent in 

 Idaho and 38 per cent in Washington. 



The 1918 average value of white fir was $19.61 per 1,000 feet; that 

 of 1917, $17.16. The advance was equivalent to 14 per cent. 



Table 26. — Reported production of white fir 1 lumber, 1918. 

 (Computed total production in the United States, 213,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



United States 



California (including Nevada) 



Idaho 



Washington 



Oregon 



New Mexico 



Montana 



All other States (see Summary, p. 42) 



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Feet b. m. 

 210,750,000 



104,778,000 

 50,070,000 

 32,790,000 

 11,418,000 



5, 913, 000 

 4,523,000 

 1, 258, 000 



Per cent. 



100.0 



49.7 

 23.8 

 15.6 



5.4 



2.8 



2.1 



.6 



Average 

 value per 



1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. mill. 



S19. 61 



19.98 

 23.71 

 14.67 

 15.25 



14.31 

 19.96 

 18.22 



i White fir (Abies concolor) is cut only in the west. 

 Marketed as white fir are: 



Grand fir (Abies grandis), cut mostly in Idaho and Montana. 



Silver fir (Abies amabilis), cut chiefly in Washington. 



Red fir (Abies magnified) , cut chiefly in California. 



Alpine fir (.A bies lasiocarpa), cut chiefly in the n orthern Rocky Mountain and Cascade Mountain region. 



