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BULLETIN 845, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



HICKORY. 



Hickory and walnut were the only hardwoods the production of 

 which was greater in 1918 than in 1917. The reported cut of hickory 

 was 89,405,000 feet, an increase of 8 per cent. Contributing to 

 this larger total was an increased cut of 18 per cent in Arkansas, 

 11 per cent in Tennessee, and 19 per cent in Mississippi and Indiana. 



The average mill value of hickory of $37. 95 per 1,000 feet was 

 $8.47, or 29 per cent, more than the corresponding figure for 1917. 



Table 32. — Reported production of hickory 1 lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 100,000,000 feet.] 



State. 



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Per cent. 



Average 

 value per 



1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. mill. 



United States. 



2,127 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



Mississippi 



West Virginia. 

 Indiana 



Ohio 



Louisiana 



Kentucky 



Pennsylvania. 

 Virginia 



Missouri 



North Carolina 



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



122 

 208 

 68 

 158 

 217 



260 

 29 

 163 

 177 

 122 



6-1 

 91 



448 



Feet b. m. 

 89,405,000 



100.0 



14,806,000 

 12, 243, 000 

 8, 764, 000 

 8, 759, 000 

 8, 666, 000 



5, 623, 000 

 5, 398, 000 

 5, 103, 000 

 2, 982, 000 

 2, 666, 000 



2, 466, 000 

 2, 057, 000 

 9, 872, 000 



16.6 

 13.7 

 9.8 

 9.8 

 9.7 



6.3 

 6.0 

 5.7 

 3.3 

 3.0 



2.8 

 2.3 

 11.0 



S37. 95 



39.49 

 39.48 

 37.23 

 32.60 

 42.14 



41.42 

 41.74 

 31.78 

 35.17 

 27.40 



37.21 

 33.31 



39.45 



1 Several species of hickory are cut, the principal ones being shagbark (Hicoria ovata), shellbark (Hicoria 

 laciniosa), pignut (Hicoria glabra), bitternut (Hicoria minima), and mockernut (Hicoria alba). 



Stimulated by Government agencies, the production of walnut 

 reached a total of 87,305,000 feet in 1918, an increase of 63 per cent 

 over the 1917 cut. The Missouri mills more than doubled their cut, 

 and the output was larger by 52 per cent in Indiana, 51 per cent in 

 Ohio, and 57 per cent in Tennessee. Four mills in Kansas cut 

 7,507,000 feet, or nearly 9 per cent of the aggregate production of the 

 country. Mills in 34 States reported the manufacture of walnut. 



The average mill value of walnut increased $4.61 per 1,000 feet, 

 or 6 per cent, for the year. The value was $72.99 in 1917 and $77.60 

 in 1918. 



