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BULLETIN 1119, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 18. — Reported production of chestnut ^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 475,000 M feet.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 



mills 

 reporting. 



Quantity reported. 



Mfeetb.m. Percent. 



Average 

 value per 

 1,000 feet 

 f.o.b.nuU. 



United States 



West Virginia 



Virginia 



North Carolina 



Pennsylvania 



Tennessee 



Connecticut 



New York 



Massachusetts 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Maryland 



New Jersey 



Rhode Island 



Georgia 



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



379,675 



100.0 



S42. 48 



279 

 421 

 157 

 617 



198 



117 

 419 

 110 



258 

 167 



87 

 44 

 16 

 6 

 81 



97, 301 

 56, 103 

 47, 170 

 45,067 

 32,653 



22, 875 

 17, 780 

 17,682 

 16,011 



7,227 



5,342 

 3,764 

 3,135 

 2,561 

 5,004 



25.6 

 14.8 

 12.4 

 11.9 

 8.6 



6.0 

 4.7 

 4.7 

 4.2 

 1.9 



1.4 

 1.0 



.8 

 .7 

 1.3 



50.93 

 46.86 

 39.42 

 37.09 

 42.52 



35. .59 

 42.38 

 30.50 

 32. 40 

 39.92 



34.46 

 46.11 

 32.94 

 34.57 

 32.11 



1 Chestnut ( Castanea dentata) is the only species included in chestnut lumber. 



Table 19. — Reported production of birch ^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 405,000 M feet.] 



Number 

 of active 



mills 

 reporting. 



Quantity reported. 



M feet b. m. Per cent 



value per 

 1,000 feet 

 f. o.b.mill. 



United States 



Wisconsin 



Michigan 



New York 



Maine 



Vermont 



West Virginia 



New Hampshire 



Minnesota 



Pennsylvania 



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



1,882 



346,577 



100.0 



S53.44 



198 

 128 

 445 

 128 

 189 



77 

 104 



78 

 181 

 354 



177,305 

 58,866 

 33, 221 

 17,496 

 15,307 



10,910 

 10,023 

 6,427 

 6,370 

 10,652 



51.2 

 17.0 

 9.6 

 5.0 



4.4 



3.1 

 2.9 

 1.9 



1.8 

 3.1 



57.27 

 54.88 

 52.04 

 39.01 

 42.75 



69. 21 

 35.01 

 36.00 

 51.71 

 37.69 



1 Yellow birch (Betnla lutea) is the.pruicipal species cut in the Lake States, New England, and New 

 York. Paper birch (B. papyrifera) axid white (or gTa.j)hirch (B.populifolia) are also cut to a Limited extent 

 in New England. Sweet (or cherry) birch {B. lenta) is cut in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. River 

 (erred) birch {B. nigra) is cut in the Southern States. 



Table 20. — Reported production of larch ^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 390,000 M feet.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 



mUls 

 reporting 



Quantity reported. 



M feet b. m. Per cent, 



Average 

 value per 

 1,000 feet 

 f. o.b.mill. 



United States 



Idaho 



Montana 



Washington 



Oregon 



Michigan 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



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



528 



375, 103 100. 



S30.28 



62 

 44 

 75 

 19 

 86 



114 

 89 

 39 



142, 103 



112,400 



66,266 



17,938 



12,457 



11,765 



11,706 



468 



37.9 

 30.0 

 17.7 

 4.8 

 3.3 



3.1 



3.1 



.1 



31.01 

 30.22 

 28.01 

 31.97 

 31.89 



28.71 

 31.68 



38.85 



1 Western larch (Larix occidental^) is the species cut in the inland Empire and the Pacific Northwest. 

 Tamarack, or larch (i. laricina), is cut in the Lake States and New England. 



