UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Contribution from the Forest Service 
HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester 
Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER April 5, 1919 
PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES 
IN 1917. 
By Franxun H. Smiry and Atsert H. Prerson, Statisticians in Forest Products. 
CONTENTS. 
Page, Page. 
MEERA MChIQT. = ee See ens cs. ~- = +. 1 | Lumber production by kinds of wood—Con 
Total lumber production ........-.--.--.---- 2 Cedars ee esses TO SI ps Ae 27 
Lumber production by classes of mills.....-. 4 RUD ClO SP ee rssice ee oct ofs toe os cease hele 28 
Lumber production by States. ........---..- 12 TTT IS Se er aS ae a eg 29 
Lumber production by kinds of wood......- 13 IBASSWOOGME mee ree Gas fore SEAR ae eae 29 
WellGw PITIC= — 4. see eles ssiss-- == 16 \Nial Sela tes CO Se a sso ae ae ee ae een 30 
UD CGH eRe enc socse see Scere 17 Cottonwood see ee LS SNA eee 31 
LE Sepa esecs todos 4sceseeecns ae 17 GINS 3 ROHN BES & ecinh aa e Sai ye eee a 31 
MATL CA PING |. =< pciaste ie eerie cleo een =e 18 SUPATDING eee jee sees e cca ee 32 
WEN GCE =< -025 ns a eee nce 2 -e = 19 MET CROW Yao soe ereicie apse oe iat mere eye nee 32 
Western yellow pine. 26 Stic See ee eee aero 20 Balsam fires seee < eas eee oes 33 
o DTGE espe espe tonccocenoceeseeeEeee 21 VG Ht ae cae SBS ae & See ee err Ieee 34 
JUSS ee odes e ee 22 DYCAMOLC se apo S se cee stances eee enee 34 
wall) SS ee Oe. 22 odgepole! pines aa eu eee eee 35 
RE OINTE So 8 he sina oicinjo o's a =e 23 MINOT/SDECIES AS sees ees poe ons sae 35 
UOAVINKLS -. - =, none es Ss ices ses ~~ 24) Producnonlotlathee-ea--ca- see eee ee aenccae 36 
[LE 2 Le ee ee oo ea 24 | Production of shingles.................-..--- 37 
TEES 7 ee O-- Stocco Pay \ bi viaal corn WES Seeoneeeee naaeseaL Aeeaee hacece 38 
LIcb, yogis fines _. >) QbelDetavledisnmimeanyee 2 esse ene a ae ae eee 39 
Me maws poplar. asst eees- 3320 -.-- 26 | Alaska lumber production..........-..-..--- 42 
SEUDO. 3 SRS Se a5 o2- cence cose SepeeneeeE 27 
INTRODUCTION. 
In this bulletin, which is one of an annual series covering the period 
1904 to 1917, inclusive, with the exception of 1914,1 are detailed 
statistics of the 1917 production of lumber, lath, and shingles in the 
continental United States,’ with comparative figures from previous 
annual reports. 
The collection and compilation of the statistics for the Western 
States was done through the district offices of the Forest Service at 
Missoula, Denver, Albuquerque, Ogden, San Francisco, and Port- 
land. The figures for New York State were furnished by the New 
York Conservation Commission. The work in all of the other States 
east of the Rocky Mountains was done by the Office of Industrial 
Investigations of the Forest Service , Washington, Docs 
1A detailed summary “of the 1914 jumbe r produc tion is given in Bulletin 506, which contains the figures 
for 1915. 
2 The production statistics for 1917 were summarized in a preliminary statement issued in May, 1918. 
* Acknowledgment is made for assistance in the compilation and review of this bulletin to A. B. Strough, 
New York Conservation Commission; and to J. E. Keach, Miss Ina M. Jenkins, Miss Frances R. Waters, 
Miss Frances Veitch, D. M. Lang, Quincy Randles, E. H, Hall, C. L. Hill, Miss Alice M. Gray, Thornton 
T. Munger, and A. G. Jackson, of the Forest Service. 
96767°—19—Bull. 7683——1 
