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BULLETIN 845, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



SYCAMORE. 



Sycamore production, totaling 26,283,000 feet, was 8 per cent 

 smaller than the cut reported for the preceding year. In Arkansas, 

 Indiana, and Tennessee, the three States leading in production, the 

 output was smaller; in most of the other States mills reported a 

 slightly increased cut. 



The average mill value for sycamore in 1918 was $23.59 per 1,000 

 feet, compared with $18.68 in 1917, an advance of 26 per cent. 



Table 35. — Re-ported 'production of sycamore : lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 30,000 000 feet.] 



State. 



United States. 



Arkansas. . 

 Indiana... 

 Tennessee. 

 Missouri... 

 Ohio 



Illinois 



Mississippi 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



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



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



775 



54 

 157 

 74 

 71 

 100 



38 

 27 

 93 

 12 



149 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Feet b. m. 

 26,283,000 



6,437,000 

 3,457,000 

 3, 162, 000 

 2, 773, 000 

 1,868,000 



1, 730, 000 

 1, 714, 000 

 1,518,000 

 1,075,000 

 2,549,000 



Per cent. 



100.0 



24.5 

 13.2 

 12.0 

 10.6 



7.1 



6.5 

 5.8 

 4.0 

 9.7 



Average 

 value per 



1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. mill. 



$23. 59 



23.29 

 29.05 

 22.12 

 19.48 

 26.80 



23.04 

 24.63 

 21.35 

 23.98 

 21.71 



i Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) is the only species cut as such. 

 LODGEPOLE PINE. 



The aggregate cut of 12,176,000 feet of lodgepole pine was 2 per 

 cent less than the cut in 1917. The mills in Montana reported a 

 smaller output, while those in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah re- 

 turned a slightly larger production. 



The increase in the average mill value for lodgepole pine was 

 $2.61 per 1,000 feet, or 14 per cent, the average having been $18.34 

 in 1917 and $20.95 in 1918 



Table 36. — Reported production of lodgepole pine 1 lumber, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 12,500,000 feet.] 



State. 



Number of 

 active 

 mills 



reporting. 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Per cent. 



Average 

 value per 



1,000 feet 

 f. o. b. mill. 





75 



Feet b. m. 

 12, 176, 000 



100.0 



S20. 95 









22 

 21 

 11 

 6 

 15 



8,052,000 



2, 153, 000 



824, 00U 



729, 000 



418, 000 



66.1 

 17.7 

 6.8 



20.48 





23.39 



Utah 



22.16 





6.0 17.78 



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



3. 4 20. 67 









1 Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) is the only species cut as such. 



