PART II. STATISTICS OF PRODUCTION AND VALUE. 



TOTAL LUMBER PRODUCTION. 



The quantity of lumber reported cut in 1920 by 15,978 mills was 

 29,878,360,000 board feet. The output of 2,668 mills cutting less 

 than 50,000 board feet each is not included in the reported cut. In 

 addition, 2,483 mills were reported idle. 



The estimated total lumber production was 33,800,000,000 feet 

 board measure. This is a decrease in production of 2.2 per cent 

 from the 1919 figures of the Bureau of the Census and 27 per cent 

 less than the estimated peak of production in 1907. The computed 

 number of mills operating (23,24,2) is less than half the number can- 

 vassed by the Bureau of the Census in 1909. 



The reported lumber cut, the number of active mills reporting, 

 and the estimated annual total cut are given in Table 1 for each year 

 since 1899 for which data have been compiled. The statistics are 

 not directly comparable for all of the years, since the intensiveness 

 of the canvass made in different years must be taken into considera- 

 tion. In the enumerations for 1899, 1909, and 1919 field agents of 

 the Bureau of the Census were employed which permitted the tabu- 

 lation of the output of practically all mills from direct reports. 



Table 1. — Quantity of lumber reported, number of active sawmills reporting, and esti- 

 mated total cut, 1899 and 1904-1920. 



Year. 



Reported cut 

 of lumber. 



Active mills 

 reporting. 



Estimated 



total cut of 



lumber. 



1899 



Mfeeth.m. 

 35,084,166 

 34,135,139 

 30,502,961 

 37,550,736 

 40, 256, 154 

 33,224,369 

 44,509,761 

 40,018,282 

 37,003,207 

 39,158,414 

 38,387,009 

 37,346,023 

 31,241,734 

 34,791,385 

 33,192,911 

 29,362,020 

 34,552,076 

 29,878,360 



31,833 



2 18, 277 



11,666 



22,398 



28,850 



31,231 



4 46,584 



2 31,934 



2 28,107 



2 29,005 



2 21,668 



2 27,506 



2 16,815 



2 17,269 



2 16,420 



2 14.753 



''29,534 



2 15,978 



Mfeet 6. to. 

 35,084,166 

 43,000,000 



1904 1 



1905 



43,500,000 

 46,000,000 



1906 



1907 3 



46,000,000 

 42,000,000 



1908 3 . 



1909 



44,509,761 



1910 3 



44,500,000 

 43,000,000 

 45,000,000 

 44,000,000 

 40,500,000 

 38,000,000 



19113. 



1912 



1913 



19141 



1915 



1916.. 



40,000,000 



1917 y. 



36,000,000 



1918 



32,000,000 



1919 



34,552,076 



1920 



33,800,000 







1 Custom mills excluded. 



2 Mills cutting under 50 M feet excluded. 



3 Including mills which manufacture lath and shingles exclusively (1,500 estimated). 



* Includes 4,543 mills cutting less than 50 M feet, and all cooperage, veneer, millwork, box, furniture, 

 and other factories cutting any lumber at all in 1909. 

 '" Includes custom mills and 2,655 mills cutting under 50 M each. 



LUMBER PRODUCTION BY CLASSES OF MILLS. 



As in previous years, the mills were arbitrarily divided into classes 

 according to the quantity reported cut. These classes are shown in 

 Table 2, with the computed ^ number of mills operating and the 



6 "Computed," as used in this bulletin, expresses results obtained by the extension of figures based on 

 actual returns, so as to show totals for approximately all sawmills, whether or not reports were received 

 from them. 



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