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BULLETIN 845, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



Table 28. — Reported production of elm 1 lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 195,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Per cent. 



Average 

 value per 



1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. mill 





2,099 



Feet 6. m. 

 166,481,000 



100.0 



828. 19 







Wisconsin 



232 

 171 

 91 

 222 

 230 



112 

 100 



64 

 339 



34 



504 



45, 889, 000 

 28, 841, 000 

 18, 692, 000 

 12, 876, 000 

 11,068,000 



10, 450, 000 

 9, 270, 000 

 7,238,000 

 6, 291, 000 

 4, 467, 000 



11,399,000 



27.6 

 17.3 

 11.2 



7.7 

 6.7 



6.3 

 5.6 

 4.3 

 3.8 

 2.7 



6.8 



30.10 





32 18 





25 19 





30.13 



Ohio 



28 77 





23.68 



Missouri 



21.81 



Mississippi 



25.83 



New York 



27.35 





23.85 





22.30 







1 White (or soft) elm ( Ulmus amcricana) is cut in all of the States east of the Rocky Mountains. 

 Slippery (or red, or soft) elm ( Ulmus pubescens) is cut in the same region as white elm. 

 Cork (or true rock) elm ( Ulmus racemosa) is cut in the Lake States. 



Wing elm ( Ulmus alata) and cedar elm ( Ulmus crassifolia) are occasionally cut in the lower Mississippi 

 Valley. 



COTTONWOOD. 



Ill line with the reduction generally in the cut of other woods, the 

 reported production in 1918 of 148,327,000 feet of cottonwood repre- 

 sents a falling off of 17 per cent in the output compared with the year 

 before. The decrease amounted to 28 per cent in Mississippi, 39 per 

 cent in Arkansas, and 37 per cent in Louisiana. 



The average value of cottonwood went up $2.84 per 1,000 feet — - 

 from $23.19 in 1917 to $26.13 in 1918— an advance of 13 per cent. 



Table 29. — Reported production of cottonwood 1 lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 175,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Per cent. 



value per 



1,000 feet 



f. o. b. mill. 



United States 



Mississippi 



Arkansas 



Minnesota 



Tennessee 



Louisiana 



Missouri 



Michigan 



Kentucky 



Oklahoma 



Wisconsin 



All other States (see Summary, p. 42) 



Feet b. m. 

 148, 327, 000 



100.0 



S26. 13 



34, 345, 000 

 28,281,000 

 21, 721, 000 

 15, 844, 000 

 13, 436, 000 



6, 114, 000 

 2, 892, 000 

 2, 298, 000 

 2, 180, 000 

 2, 014, 000 



19, 202, 000 



23.2 

 19.0 

 14.7 

 10.7 

 9.1 



4.1 

 1.9 

 1.5 

 1.5 

 1.4 



27.36 

 29.15 

 17.85 



27.81 

 27.45 



26.94 

 27.24 

 28.23 

 24.28 

 25.85 



25.95 



1 Common cottonwood (Populus deltoides) is the species most commonly cut east of the Rocky Mountains 

 and more particularly in the lower Mississippi Valley. 



Swamp cottonwood {Populus heterophylla) is cut in the Mississippi Valley States. 



Aspen (or popple) (Populus tremuloidcs) is cut in the Lake States and the Northeastern States, and to a 

 limited extent in the Rocky Mountains and farther west. 



Large-toothed aspen {Populus grandidentata) is cut in the Lake States and Northeastern States. 



Balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera) is cut in the Lake States and Eastern States. 



Black cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) is cut in the Pacific Coast States. 



