LUMBER CUT OF UNITED STATES, 1870-1920. 



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Table 15. — Reported production oj spruce ^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 825,000 M. feet.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 



mill s 



reporting. 



Quantity reported. 



M feet b . m Per cent 



Average 

 value per 

 1,000 feet 

 f. o.b.miU. 



United States 



"WasMngton 



Oregon 



Maine 



West Virginia 



New Hampshire 



North Carolina 



Jlionesota 



New York 



Vermont 



Montana 



Colorado 



Idaho 



Michigan 



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



805,320 



100.0 



S3S. 94 



75 

 39 

 244 

 11 

 94 



9 



74 



188 



205 



21 



64 

 24 

 67 

 126 



192, 671 

 165, 418 

 164, 652 

 48, 121 

 43,835 



33, 588 

 31,492 

 27,823 

 25, 962 

 21, 573 



13,859 



10, 572 



8,686 



17,068 



2.3.9 

 20.5 

 20.5 

 6.0 

 5.4 



4.2 

 3.9 

 3.5 

 3.2 

 2.7 



1.7 

 1.3 

 1.1 

 2.1 



37.70 

 37.03 

 40.65 

 46.23 

 39.80 



42.90 

 34.97 

 44.33 

 38.92 

 32. 98 



32.89 

 42.38 

 39.79 

 32.87 



1 Red spruce (Picea rubens) is the principal species cut in the Northeastern States and the Appalachian 

 region. Sitka spruce (P. sitchensis) is the principal species cut in Oregon and Washington. Black spruce 

 (P. mariana) is cut inlimited quantities in the Northeastern States. White spruce (P. canadensis)\s cut 

 in the Lake States, New York, and northern New England. Engeknann spruce (P. engelmanni) is cutin 

 the Rocky Mountain region. 



Table 16. — Reported production oJ cypress ^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 625,000 M. feet.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 



mills 

 reporting. 



Quantity reported. 



Average 

 value per 



Mfeetb.m. 



Per cent. 



1,000 feet 

 f. o.b.mill 



TTnifefl Rta.tRS 



656 



571,674 



100.0 



851. 02 







Louisiana 



90 

 40 

 59 

 43 

 33 



134 

 63 

 54 

 45 

 95 



273, 116 

 105, 329 

 45,863 

 41, 053 

 36,183 



34,790 

 11,945 

 5,913 

 5,737 

 11,745 



47.8 

 18.4 

 8.0 

 7.2 

 6.3 



6.1 

 2.1 

 1.0 

 1.0 

 2.1 



54 84 



Florida 



52.27 



Georgia 



53,18 



Missouri 



39.93 



South Carolina 



5L35 



A rkfVTi sa.s! , , 



37.78 



Mississippi 



38.97 



North CaroKna 



42.48 



TeriTiPssep. ,,.,,,. . , 



43.04 



All Other States (see Table 33, p. 56) 



40.00 







1 Bald cypress ( Taxodium distichum) is the one species cut as such. 



Table 17. — Reported production of redwood ^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 476,500 M feet.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 



mills 

 reporting. 



Quantity reported. 



Average 

 value per 



Mfeetb.m. 



Per cent. 



1,000 feet 

 f. o.b.mill. 





43 



476,003 



100.0 



S46.90 







California 



43 



476,003 



100.0 



46.90 









1 Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is the species chiefly cut. Bigtree (JS. wasMngtoniana) furnishes a 

 minor part of the redwood production. 



