LUMBER CUT OF UNITED STATES, 1870-1920. 



Table 7. — Reported production of yellow -pine ^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 11,091,000 M feet.] 



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state. 



Number 

 of active 



mills 

 reporting. 



Quantity reported. 



Average 

 value per 



Hfeetb.m. 



Pejr cent. 



1,000 feet 

 f.o.b.miU. 



United States 



6,014 



8,%4,313 



100.0 



$35.89 







Louisiana . . 



202 

 549 

 221 

 872 

 196 



361 

 1,053 

 694 

 367 

 731 



48 

 292 

 149 



92 



187 



2,066,263 



1,322,958 



1,125,015 



985, 773 



744,373 



586,369 

 517, 425 

 478, 547 

 436, 246 

 404, 804 



135,280 

 74, 167 

 35,360 

 23,693 

 28,040 



23.0 

 14.8 

 12.6 

 11.0 

 8.3 



6.5 

 5.8 

 5.3 

 4.9 

 4.5 



1.5 

 .8 

 .4 

 .3 

 .3 



42.50 



Mississippi 



36.67 



Texas. .'.'. 



33.81 





31.44 



Florida 



35.77 



ArVjiTISfts, 



36.77 



North Carolina 



29.88 



Georgia 



26.84 



South Carolina 



39.06 



Virginia 



33.48 



Oklahoma 



37.60 



Tennessee 



25.16 



Maryland 



29.71 



Missouri 



25.57 



All other States (see Table 37, p. 56) 



27.43 







1 Longleaf pine {Pinus palustris), also known as Georgia pine and hard pine and exported as pitch pine; 

 cut mostly in the Gulf States. North Carolina pine (P. taeda), also called shortleaf, lobloUy, old field, 

 rosemary, and Virginia pine; cut mostly in Virginia, North and South CaroUiia, Arkansas, "and Texas. 

 Shortleaf pine (P. echinata); cut mostly in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Arkansas. Missouri, Louis- 

 iana, and Mississippi. Sand pine (P. clausa); Florida and Alabama. Slash (or Cuban) pine (P. hetero- 

 phylla); cut mostly m Georgia and the Gulf States east of the Mississippi River. Scrubptne (P.virginiana), 

 also called Jersey pine; cut in the Middle Atlantic States. Pitch pine (P. rigida); Middle Atlantic and 

 Northern States. Spruce pine (P. jZabra); Gulf States. Pond pine (P. serotJna); South Atlantic States, 

 Table-Mountain pine (P. pungens); Appalachian Mountains. 



Table 8. — Reported production of Douglas fir ^ lumber, 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 6,960,000 M feet.] 



State. 



Nimiber 

 of active 



mills 

 reporting. 



Quantity reported. 



Average 

 value per 



Mfeetb.m. 



Per cent. 



1,000 feet 

 f.o.b.miU 



United States 



1,403 



6,956,683 



100.0 



J34.59 







Washington 



464 

 527 

 101 

 131 

 84 

 96 



4, 275, 017 

 2,347,368 

 161, 632 

 105, 786 

 55,670 

 11,210 



61.6 

 33.7 

 2.3 

 L5 

 .8 

 .2 



34.94 



Oregon 



34.80 



Califnrnia. . , . , . , 



30.50 



Idaho 



25.09 



Montana 



29.73 



All other States (see Table 37, p. 56) 



31.16 







' Douglas fir {PseudoUuga taxifolia) is the principal commercial species. 



