PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IX 1918. 41 



LUMBER VALUES. 



The average values for lumber shown in Table 40 were determined 

 for each species from the individual reports of mills representing 

 every variation incident to the logging, transportation, manufacture, 

 and sale of lumber. More than one-half of the mills, in reporting 

 their cut, furnished values at which sales were made f. o. b. mill. 

 These reports were scrutinized carefully and the figures are undoubt- 

 edly representative. 



The table shows the average value of the different woods for speci- 

 fied years from 1907 to 1918, during which period the lumber industry 

 has undergone rather marked vicissitudes. The average value of 

 $24.79 per 1,000 feet for all wodds in 1918 is an increase of S4.47, or 

 22 per cent, over the 1917 average figure. It is the highest value 

 recorded for any one year for which statistics are available. Every 

 wood listed in the table shared in the advance, some to a much greater 

 degree than others, as is revealed in the individual species tables. 



Table 40.— Average value per 1,000 feet board measure, by hinds of wood, for specified 



years, 1907-1918. 



Kind of wood. 



1916 



1915 



1911 



1907 



All kinds. 



Softwoods: 



Yellow pine 



Douglas fir 



White pine 



Western yellow pine . 



Hemlock. 



Spruce 



Cypress 



Redwood 



Larch (tamarack; . 



Cedar 



White fir 



Sugar pine 



Balsam fir 



Lodgepole pine . 



Hardwoods: 



Oak 



Maple 



Gum, red and sap. 



Chestnut 



Birch 



S24.79 ! S20.32 



815. 32 



Beech 



Yellow poplar. 



Tupelo 



Bass wood 



Elm 



Cottonwood. 



Ash 



Hickory 



Walnut 



Sycamore . . . 



24.38 

 18.77 

 30.84 

 20.87 



23.97 

 28.65 

 30.56 

 24.30 

 19.86 



24.86 

 19.61 

 28.26 

 27.27 

 20.95 



31.11 

 29.05 

 23.21 

 27.31 

 29.94 



25.06 

 35.06 

 22.73 

 34.00 

 28.19 



26.13 

 38.70 

 37.95 

 77.60 

 23.59 



19.00 

 16.28 

 24.81 

 19.59 



20.78 

 24.41 

 23.92 

 21. 00 

 16.21 



19.40 

 17.16 

 24.69 

 20.02 

 18. 34 



24.43 

 23.16 

 19. 56 

 21.54 

 24.07 



19.58 

 27.17 

 18.06 

 25.96 

 23.89 



23.19 



30.01 

 29.48 

 72.99 

 18.68 



14.33 

 10.78 

 19.16 

 14.52 



15. 35 

 17.58 

 20. 85 

 13.93 

 12.49 



15.24 

 12.25 

 16.77 

 16.49 

 15. 13 



20.06 



18.24 

 14.64 

 17.05 

 19.59 



16.20 

 21.89 

 13.00 

 21.05 

 19.46 



17.42 

 23.85 

 23.84 

 42.38 

 14.65 



S14. 04 



§15. 05 



12.41 

 10.59 

 17.44 

 14.32 



13. 14 

 16.58 

 19.85 

 13.54 

 10.78 



16.10 



10.94 

 17.40 

 13.79 

 13. 57 



18. 73 

 15. 21 

 12. 54 

 16.17 

 16.52 



14.01 

 22.45 

 12. 25 

 18.89 

 16.98 



17.36 



22.15 

 23. 35 

 48.37 

 13.86 



13. 87 

 11.05 

 18.54 

 13.62 



13. 59 

 16.14 

 20.54 

 13.99 

 11.87 



13.86 



10.64 

 17. 52 

 13.42 



12.41 



19.14 

 15.49 

 12.11 

 16. 63 

 16.61 



14.09 

 25.46 

 12.46 

 19.20 

 17. 13 



18.12 

 21.21 



22.47 

 31.70 

 13. 16 



$15.30 ! S15.3S 



13.29 

 13.09 

 18.93 

 14.25 



13.85 

 16.62 

 20.51 

 15.52 

 12.33 



15.53 

 11.52 



18.68 

 14.48 

 14.88 



18. 76 



18.16 

 12.26 

 16.23 

 17.37 



14.34 

 24.71 

 12.14 

 20.94 

 18.67 



17.78 



22.47 

 26. 55 

 34.91 

 14.10 



12.69 

 12.44 

 18.16 

 15.39 



13. 95 

 16.91 

 20.46 

 14.80 

 12.68 



19.95 

 13.10 

 18.14 

 13.99 

 16.25 



20.50 

 15.77 

 13.20 

 16.12 

 16.95 



13.25 

 25.39 

 11.87 

 19.50 

 17.52 



18.05 

 24.44 

 30.80 

 43.79 



14.87 



$16. 56 



14.02 

 14.12 

 19.41 



15. 67 



15. 53 

 17.26 

 22.12 

 17.70 

 13.99 



19.14 



15. 54 

 19.84 

 16.16 



(») 



21.23 

 16.84 

 14.10 

 17.04 

 17.37 



14.30 

 24.91 

 14.48 

 20.03 



18.45 



18.42 

 25. 01 

 29.50 

 43.31 

 14.58 



1 Data not obtained. 



