PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1913. 



35 



ASH. 



The reported output of ash in 1918, totaling 147,414,000 feet, was 

 within 7 per cent of the cut for the previous year. In practically 

 every State the production was smaller; the decline in Louisiana 

 amounted to 9 per cent, in Arkansas 7 per cent, in Tennessee 5 per 

 cent, and in Wisconsin 6 per cent, while the output in Indiana was 

 nearly the same as. in 1917. 



Ash has next to the highest average value of any domestic wood. 

 A 29 per cent increase in the average value took place during the 

 year. The 1917 value was 830.01; the 1918 value, 838.70. 



Table 30. — Reported production of ash 1 lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 170,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



>. umber of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Per cent. 



Average 

 value per 



1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. mill. 



2,826 



Feet 6. m. 

 147, 414, 000 



100.0 



838.70 



62 

 102 



151 

 162 



195 



19, 497, 000 

 19,321,000 

 12, 938, 000 

 12, 887, 000 

 12,300,000 



13.2 

 13.1 

 8.8 



8.7 

 8.4 



34.76 

 39.05 

 44.05 

 32.13 

 50.91 



548 



217 



80 



107 

 134 



8,974,000 

 7,873,000 



7,250,000 

 5,854,000 

 5, 627, 000 



6.1 

 5.3 

 4.9 

 4.0 

 3.8 



39.49 



48.97 

 40.50 

 43.89 

 33.29 



54 

 124 

 890 



5.442,000 



4,128,000 



25,323,000 



3.7 

 2.8 

 17.2 



35. 58 

 35. 24 

 33.37 



United States. 



Louisiana. 

 Arkansas. . 

 Tennessee. 

 Wisconsin. 

 Indiana . . . 



Xe^v York 

 Ohio 



Mississippi 



West Virginia. 

 Michigan 



Missouri 



Kentucky 



All other States (see Su mm ary, p. 42 j . 



1 Lumber trade practice specifies •white ash and bro'wn ash. The former is cut from the white ash tree- 

 and the latter from the black ash tree. 

 Green ash (Flaxinus lanceolata) is cut in the Southern States. 

 White ash (Flaxinus amerieand) is cut in the Central States. 

 Black ash (Flaxinus nigra) is cut in the Lake States and Northeastern States. 

 Red ash (Flaxinus pennsylvanica) is cut in limited quantity in the Eastern States. 

 Oregon ash (Flaxinus oregona) is cut in the Pacific Northwest. 



SUGAR PIXE. 



Decreased manufacture of sugar pine to the extent of 16 per cent 

 took place in 1918 from the year before. The total output reported 

 was 111,800.000 feet. A reduction in the number of active mills is 

 noticeable for both California and Oregon. 



The average value of sugar pine was 828.26 per 1,000 feet in 1918, 

 an increase over the 1917 value of S3. 57, or 14 per cent. 



Table 31. — Reported production of sugar pine 1 lumber, 1918. 



State. 



Xumber of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Per cent. 



Average 

 value per 

 1,000 feet 



f. O. b. Trull. 



Lnited States. 



California . 

 Oregon 



Feet o. m. 

 Ill, 800, 000 



100.0 



S2S.26 



3; 377, 000 



97 

 3.0 



28.52 

 20.14 



1 Sugar pine (Pinus lamberiiana) is the only species cut as such and is found only in California and south, 

 em Oregon. 



