44 BULLETIN 1119, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 9. — Reported production of oak ^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 2,500,000 M feet.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 



mills 

 reportLng. 



Quantity reported. 



Mfeetb.m. Percent, 



Average 

 value per 

 1,000 feet 

 f.o.b.mill. 



United States 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



West Virginia 



Virginia 



Kentucky 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



Louisiana 



Pennsylvania 



Ohio 



North Carolina 



Indiana 



Alabama 



New York 



Texas 



Georgia 



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



8,552 



1,853,580 



100.0 



477 

 551 

 383 

 813 

 532 



320 

 377 

 104 



715 

 454 



625 

 375 

 425 

 625 

 73 



239 

 1,464 



225,422 

 221, 260 

 202,499 

 166, 667 

 141, 588 



115, 399 

 101, 667 

 92, 725 

 88,729 

 85,131 



82, 671 

 79, 640 

 46,646 

 32, 157 

 27,074 



26,003 

 118, 302 



12.2 

 11.9 

 10.9 

 9.0 

 7.6 



6.2 

 5.5 

 5.0 

 4.8 

 4.6 



4.5 

 4.3 

 2.5 

 1.7 

 1.5 



1.4 

 6.4 



43.42 

 46.00 

 59.51 

 51.07 

 44.25 



41.35 

 36.95 

 39.84 

 45.11 

 54.21 



45.07 

 62.74 

 33.26 

 53.88 

 42.43 



37.79 

 43.41 



1 Commercially the oaks are classed as white and red. The principal commercial oaks are as follows: 

 White oaks. — White oak {Quercus alba) is the white oak common throughout the eastern half of the United " 

 States; chestnut (or rock) oak (Q. prinus) is found in the Appalachian region; post oak (Q. miiwr) and 

 bur oak (Q. macrocarpa) are common throughout the eastern half of the country; overcup oak (Q. lyrata) 

 and cow (or basket) oak (Q. michauxii) are the principal southern white oaks. Eed oaks. — Red oak (Q. 

 rubra) is the red oak common in the eastern part of the United States; Texan oak (Q. iexarm) is the prin- 

 cipal red oak sawed in the lower Mississippi Valley; pin oak ( Q . palustris) is found in the Eastern and Cen- 

 tral States; scarlet oak (Q. coccinea) is the northern and northeastern red oak; yeUow (or black) oak (Q. 

 velutina) is common in most States east of the Rocky Mountains; willow oak (Q. phellos) is cut mostly in 

 the Southern States. 



Table 10. — Reported production of western yellow pine'^ lumber, 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 2,290,000 M feet.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 



nulls 

 reporting. 



Quantity reported. 



Mfeetb.m. Percent, 



Average 

 value per 

 1,000 feet 

 f.o.b.mill. 



United States 



Oregon 



California, including Nevada 



Idaho 



Washington 



Montana 



Arizona 



New Mexico 



South Dakota 



Colorado 



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



900 



141 



124 



148 



67 



19 

 53 

 44 

 81 

 43 



630, 326 

 509,471 

 366,857 

 278, 573 

 173, 507 



119,406 

 104, 059 

 45,033 

 37, 191 

 6,475 



100.0 



27.8 

 22.4 

 16.1 

 12.3 

 7.6 



5.3 

 4.6 

 2.0 

 1.6 

 .3 



8.73 



44.03 

 37.50 

 35.97 

 37.34 

 34.78 



37.48 

 38.22 

 41.00 

 27.22 

 23.71 



1 Western yellow pine {Pinus ponderosa) is the one species cut as such. 



