LUMBER CUT OF UNITED STATES, 1870-1920. 



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Expressing the results in per cents of the total cut for each period, 

 Table 5 shows the relative rank of the eight regional groups of States, 

 as shown by every enumeration since 1840. The history of the lum- 

 ber industry is traceable in Tables 4, 4a, and 5, since the peak produc- 

 tion of even the oldest lumbering regions probably falls within their 

 scope. The indications seem clear that all regions except the Pacific 

 Coast and the Rocky Mountains are definitely past their maximum 

 production. 



Table 5. — Lumber cut by groups of States, in per cent of the total. 



Group. 



I860 



1890 



1899 



1909 



1919 



1920 



Total 



Northeastern group 



Central group 



Southern group 



North CaroUna pine group. 



Lake States group 



Pacific group 



Rocky Mountain group 



AH other 



Per ct. 

 100 



Per ct. 

 100.0 



Per ct. 

 100.0 



Per ct. 

 100.0 



Per ct. 

 100.0 



Per ct. 

 100.0 



Per ct. 

 100.0 



Per ct. 

 100.0 



Per ct. 

 100.0 



54.8 

 18.6 

 8.5 

 5.1 

 6.3 

 5.9 

 .0 



37.0 

 21.1 

 13.0 



4.8 

 13.6 



6.4 

 .1 



4.0 



37.8 

 20.0 



6.9 



2.5 

 24.4 



4.0 

 .9 



3.5 



25.8 

 18.4 



9.7 



4.1 

 34.7 



3.6 

 .9 



2.8 



19.8 

 13.1 

 15.6 



4.7 

 34.6 

 8.5 

 1.1 

 2.6 



16.3 

 16.1 

 24.0 

 7.7 

 24.9 

 8.3 

 1.6 

 1.1 



11.7 

 12.3 

 33.3 

 11.6 

 12.3 

 15.5 

 2.9 

 .4 



6.5 

 8.1 



34.0 

 8.5 

 7.1 



30.6 



5.0 



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Northeastern group: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 

 Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont. 

 Central group: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia. 

 Southern group: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas. 

 North CaroUna pine group: North CaroUna, South Carolina, Virginia. 

 Lake States group: Michigan, Mnnesota, Wisconsin. 

 Pacific group: CaUfomia, Nevada, Oregon, Washington. 



Rocky Mountaia group: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming. 

 AH other: Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota. 



LUMBER PRODUCTION BY SPECIES. 



Table 6 gives the lumber production by species, from 1899, the 

 earliest enumeration in which species were distinguished. Computed 

 figures, so far as available, have been used. The rank of the first 15 

 species is shown for each year. The species showing the principal 

 increases in production in 1920 are from the Pacific coast and RocKy 

 Mountains. 



