UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 1119 



Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER April 25, 1923 



LUMBER CUT OF THE UNITED STATES 



1870-1920 



DECLINING PRODUCTION AND 



HIGH PRICES AS RELATED TO 



FOREST EXHAUSTION 



BY 



R. V. REYNOLDS, Forest Examiner, and ALBERT H. PIERSON 



Statistician in Forest Products, Forest Service 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction •••••• 1 



Part I. Significance of Declining Lnmber Prodaction 3 



Part II. Statistics of Production 24 



Lumber Production 24 



Table 24 



By Classes of Mills 24 



By States and Groups 29 



By Species .'35 



By states and Species 55 



Lumber Values, by States and Species ........60 



Lath Production, by States .61 



Shingle Production by States 61 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1923 



