PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1918. 39 



MINOR SPECIES. 



In Table 37 is shown the quantity reported sawed of a number of 

 woods, both domestic and imported, which have more or less special 

 uses and which are in themselves not important enough to be tabu- 

 lated and discussed separately. The tabulation also indicates the 

 average value reported and the States in which the several woods 

 were sawed. Mahogany forms the largest single item listed; the 

 production was 17 per cent smaller than in 1917. The reported 

 output of locust was almost 5 times greater and that of Spanish 

 cedar almost 10 times greater in 1918 than in 1917. 



Table 37. — -Reported production of minor species, 1918. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 60,963,000 feet.] 



Kind of wood. 



Quantity 

 reported. 



Average 

 value per 

 1,000 feet 

 f . o. b. mill. 



States reporting. 



Total 



Feet b. m. 

 56,079,000 



$82.80 









Mahogany 



21,474,000 

 6, 269, 000 

 5, 277, 000 



5,201,000 

 5,020,000 



3,646,000 

 2,217,000 

 1, 865, 000 

 1,579,000 

 1,133,000 

 960,000 

 529, 000 



300,000 



268,000 



130,000 



70,000 



40,000 



40,000 



31,000 



13,000 



9,000 



4,000 



3,000 



1,000 



160.62 

 24.90 

 43.79 



18.82 

 46.31 



29.47 

 87.65 

 27.91 

 23.52 

 21.53 

 15.70 

 30.22 



145.00 

 21.11 

 29.61 

 24.10 

 20.63 

 60.00 

 23.19 

 25.00 



100.00 

 24.00 

 26.67 

 30.00 



La., Ky., Calif. 



Willow 



La., Miss., Mo., Ark., Tenn., Ohio, Pa., Iowa., N. Y. 





W. Va., Pa., N. Y., Tenn., Ind., N. C., Va., Mass., 



Noble fir 



Mich., Ohio, Ky., N. H., Wis., Vt., Conn., La. 

 Oreg. 



Locust 



N. Y., Tenn., Oreg., Ind., Ark., W. Va., Va., N. C, 



Pa., Mo., La., N. J., Ky., Miss., Md., Ohio. 

 Tenn,. N. C, Va., W. Va., Ky., Ohio. 



Buckeye 



Spanish cedar 



La., Ky., Calif. 



Pecan 





Magnolia 



Tex., La., Ga. 





Ark., La., Miss., Tenn., Ala., Ohio, 111., Ind., Mo. 



Alder 



Wash., Oreg., Calif. 



Butternut 



Wis., W. Va., Mass., Ind., Pa., Va.. Vt., Mich., 



Laurel 



N. Y., Tenn., N. C., Ky. 

 Calif. 



Red Bay 





Cucumber 



W. Va., N. Y., Pa., Md Ky. 



Persimmon 



Mulberry 



Ga., Ky. 



Horn bean 



Sassafras 



Mo.. Ark., Miss., 111., Ky., Tenn., Ohio. 



N. C. 



Box elder 



Mario 



Calif. 



Chittum 



N. C. 



Holly 



La., N. C. 



Coffee tree 



Ind. 







1 Arbitrary value assigned. 



PRODUCTION OF LATH. 



Lath production in the United States decreased 40 per cent in 1918 

 in comparison with the output in 1917. The 1917 cut was 17 per 

 cent less than that of 1916. The smaller output reflected the light 

 demand and the character of construction work carried on during the 

 year; lath production fluctuates each year with the number and class 

 of buildings put up. The reduction in lath production was general. 

 For each State listed a decrease is noticeable in a comparison of the 

 1918 figures with those of the year before. 



The mills reporting their lath cut in 1918 numbered 909, while in 

 1917 the number was 1,456. Table 38 shows the number of active 

 mills reporting and the production of each for the last few years. 



