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Table 26. — Reported production oj basswood ^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 196,000 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 . 



2,372 



169,276 



100.0 



$.54.28 







Wisconsin 



225 

 154 

 138 

 679 

 66 



56 

 104 



70 

 165 

 122 



153 

 127 

 99 

 214 



59,067 

 23,562 

 19,369 

 14, 834 

 7,616 



7,258 

 5,412 

 4,953 

 4,940 

 4,662 



4,417 

 4,308 

 4,303 

 4,575 



34.9 

 13.9 

 11.5 



8.8 

 4.5 



4.3 

 3.2 

 2.9 

 2.9 

 2.8 



2.6 

 2.5 

 2.5 

 2.7 



57.05 





56.65 



West Virginia. 



60.81 





50.44 



North CaroUna 



44.81 



Virginia. . 



64.16 



Minnesota. . . 



38.69 





52.87 



Ohio. 



50.14 





53.24 



Pennsylvania 



53.59 





44.88 





42.36 



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



37.56 







1 Basswood (or linn) ( Tilia americana) is cut principally in the Lake States. "VVTiite basswood ( T. hetero 

 phylla) is cut in the Appalachian Mountain region. Downy basswood ( T. puiescens) is cut in limited 

 quantity in the Southern States. 



Table 27. — Reported production oJ tupelo"^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 180,000 M feet.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 



-mills 

 reporting 



Quantity reported. 



Mfeetb.m. Percent. 



value per 

 1,000 feet 

 f.o.b.mill. 



United States 



Louisiana 



Alabama 



South Carolina 



Mississippi 



Arkansas 



Virginia 



North CaroUna 



Tennessee 



Missouri 



Illinois 



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



721 



161,055 



45 

 46 

 21 

 52 

 71 



39 

 45 

 84 

 25 

 10 



283 



87,038 

 12,696 

 12,278 



8,758 

 7,685 



7,639 

 4,730 

 3,583 

 3,430 

 2,494 



10,724 



100.0 



54.0 

 7.9 

 7.6 

 5.4 

 4.8 



4.8 

 2.9 

 2.2 

 2.1 

 1.6 



S33.68 



35.09 

 36.74 

 38.54 

 27.01 

 31.73 



29.12 

 32.90 

 28.99 

 22.52 

 18.46 



32.22 



1 Tupelo (or cotton gum) (Nyssa aquatica) is cut in the Gulf States. Black gum (or pepperidge) (N. 

 sylvatica) is cut in the Atlantic and Central States and is sold both as tupelo and black gum. Water gum 

 (iV. biflora) is cut to a small extent in the South Atlantic States. 



