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BULLETIN 1119, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



Table 23. — Reported production of white fir ^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 280,000 M feet.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 



mills 

 reporting 



Quantity reported. 



M feet b. m. Per cent 



value per 

 1,000 feet 

 f.o.b.miU. 



United States 



California, including Nevada 



Idaiio 



Washington 



Montana 



Oregon 



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



231 



38 

 43 



4 



51 

 30 



279, 645 



151, 957 

 54,424 

 32, 395 

 22, 891 



14,199 

 3,779 



100.0 



54.3 

 19.5 

 11.6 



8.2 



5.1 

 1.3 



$30.44 



30.05 

 35.23 

 22.49 

 37.80 



23.30 

 27.38 



1 White fir {Abies coTicolor') is cut only in the West. Marketed as White fir are: Lowland white fir {A . 

 grandis), cut mostly in Idaho and Montana; silver fir {A. amabilis), cut chiefly in Washington: red fir 

 (^.majmyica), cut chiefly in California; alpine fir (^ . teiocarpa), cut chiefly in the northern Rocky Moun- 

 tain and Cascade Mountain region. 



Table 24. — Reported production oj cedar^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production m the United States, 260,000 M feet]. 



State 



Number 

 of active 



mills 

 reporting. 



Quantity reported. 



Average 

 value per 



Mfeetb.m. 



Per cent. 



1,000 feet 

 f.o.b.mill. 



United States 



• 637. 



245,079 



100.0 



S38.68 







Washington 



96 

 71 

 51 

 21 

 111 



55 

 34 

 41 

 157 



113,351 

 36, 030 

 34, 482 

 26, 663 

 10,963 



6,837 

 5,252 

 2,445 

 9,056 



46.2 

 14.7 

 14.1 

 10.9 

 4.5 



2.8 

 2.1 

 1.0 



3.7 



36.65 



Cahforma 



31.68 



Oregon 



47.09 



Idaho . . - . . . 



34.48 



Tfinnespee. 



69.61 



Maine 



35.27 



Michigan . 



33.56 



Wisconsin 



29.72 



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



42.85 







1 Western red cedar ( Thuja plkata) is cut in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Port Ortord cedar ( Cham- 

 aecyparis lavjsoniana) is cut in Oregon. Alaska cedar ( C. nootkatensis) is cut in Washington. Incense cedar 

 (Lioocedrus decurrens) is cut in California. Northern white cedar ( T. occidentalis) is cut in the Lake States 

 and the Northeastern States. Southern white cedar ( C. thyoides) is cut in the Atlantic Coast States. Red 

 cedar (Juniperus virginiana) and southern red juniper ( Y. barbadensis) are cut principally in Tennessee, 

 Florida, and Alabama. 



Table 25. — Reported production oj elm ^ lumber in 1920. 



[Computed total production in the United States, 225,000 M feet.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 



miUs 

 reporting. 



Quantity reported. 



Average 

 value per 



Mfeetb.m. 



Per cent. 



1,000 feet 

 f.o.b.mill. 





2,473 



182, 845 



100.0 



$47.23 







Wisconsin 



237 

 164 

 117 

 253 

 280 



75 

 122 

 423 

 139 



45 



96 

 522 



49,120 

 28, 951 

 20,938 

 20, 012 

 10, 751 



9,272 

 9,118 

 6,879 

 6,692 

 5,763 



4,611 

 10,738 



.26.9 

 15.8 

 11.4 

 10.9 

 5.9 



5.1 

 5.0 

 3.8 

 3.7 

 3.1 



2.5 

 5.9 



53.91 



Michigan .... , . ... 



59.07 



Arkansas 



43.24 



Indiana 



51.88 



Ohio 



43.36 



Mississippi 



44.78 



Missouri 



32.17 



New York 



40.31 



Tenne'^see. . , 



31.92 



Louisiana 



27.72 



Minnesota 



28.05 



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



32.14 







1 White (or soft) elm ( Ulmus americana) is cut in all of the States east of the Rocky Mountains. Slip- 

 pery (or red, or soft) elm ( U. pubescens) is cut in the same region as white elm. Cork (or true rock) elm 

 ( U. racemosa) is cut in the Lake States. Wing elm ( U. alata) and cedar elm ( U. crassifolia) are occassion- 

 aUy cut in the lower Mississippi VaUey. 



