52 BULLETIlSr 1119, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



Table 28. — Reported production oj ash^ lumber in 1020. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 170,000 M feet.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 



mills 

 reporting. 



Quantity reported. 



Mfeetb.m. Per cent 



Average 

 value per 

 1,000 feet 

 f.o.b.mill. 



United States 



Louisiana 



Arkansas 



Wisconsin 



Indiana 



Tennessee 



Ohio 



New York 



Mississippi 



Michigan 



West Virginia 



Georgia 



Pennsylvania 



Alabama 



Missouri 



South Carolina 



Kentucky 



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



3,161 



147, 618 



$61.28 



66 

 130 

 173 

 223 

 173 



284 

 620 

 75 

 126 

 109 



27 

 250 

 42 



68 



157 

 618 



20,051 

 16, 516 

 12,939 

 12,104 

 10,911 



9,363 

 7,665 

 5,816 

 5,063 



4,894 

 3,867 

 3,«596 

 ■ 3, 527 

 3,372 



3,321 

 14,665 



13.6 

 11.2 



8.8 

 8.2 

 7.4 



6.7 

 6.4 

 5.2 

 3.9 

 3.4 



3.3 

 2.6 

 2.4 

 2.4 

 2.3 



2.3 



57.44 

 53.54 

 56.55 

 87.42 

 69.59 



76.28 

 57.74 

 50.54 

 55.59 

 86.96 



55.37 

 62.69 

 51.69 

 55.45 

 70.99 



50.18 

 48.36 



1 Lumber trade practice specifies white ash and brown ash. The former is cut from the white-ash tree 

 and the latter from the black-ash tree. White ash {Fraxinus americana) is cut principally in the Central 

 States. Green ash (F. lanceolata) is cut principally in Southern States. Black ash (F. nigra) is cut in 

 the Lake States and northeastern States. Red ash {F. pennsylvanica) is cut in limited quantity in the 

 Eastern States. Oregon ash {F. oregona) is cut in the Pacific Northwest. 



Table 29. — Reported production oJ cottonwood ^ lumber in 1920. 

 [Computed total production in the United States, 165,000 M feet.] 



State. 



Number 

 of active 



mills 

 reporting. 



Quantity reported. 



Mfeetb.m. Percent 



Average 

 value per 

 1,000 feet 

 f.o.b.mill. 



United States 



Minnesota , 



Mississippi 



Arkansas 



Louisiana , 



Wisconsin , 



Missouri 



Michigan 



Tennessee 



Iowa , 



Oklahoma 



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



138,076 



100.0 



$33.38 



47, 773 



21, 798 



13, 673 



8,165 



7,464 



6,133 



5,454 

 4,937 

 3,578 

 3,160 



15,941 



34.6 

 15.8 

 9.9 

 5.9 

 5.4 



4.4 

 4.0 

 3.6 

 2.6 

 2.3 



27.38 

 38.51 

 43.08 

 31.19 

 32.26 



37.37 

 32.04 

 40.81 

 35.46 

 31.78 



34.15 



1 Common cottonwood (Populus deUoides) is the species most commonly cut east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains and more particularly in the lower Mississippi VaUey. Swamp cottonwood (P. heterophylla) is cut 

 in the Mississippi VaUey States. Aspen (or popple) (F. tremuloides) is cut in the Lake States and the 

 Northeastern States, and to a Umited extent in the Rocky Mountains and farther west. Large-toothed 

 aspen (P. grandidentata) is cut in the Lake States and Northeastern States. Balm of GUead (P. balsamifera) 

 is cut in the Lake States and Eastern States. Black cottonwood (P. trichocarpa) is cut in the Pacific 

 Coast States. 



