18 BULLETIN 768, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
showing an increased cut for 1917. Itis worthy of note that Indiana, 
where the manufacture of oak has been carried on for generations 
and where a decreased output could logically be looked for, reported 
a cut of 85,210,000 feet, as compared with 83,674,000 feet in 1916. 
The average value of oak rose from $20.06 per 1,000 feet in 1916 
to $24.49 in 1917, an increase of 22 per cent. 
TaBLe 10.—Reported production of oak ' lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 2,250,000,000 feet.] 
Number .of . 
active mills) Quentit Per cent. 
reporting. Bo R 
Feet B. M. 
(United Statesseeaeesseee sees eee SR Saeesecey 8,839 | 1,967,694,000 100.0 
Westin Vaireimiaies 2 ee eee Aaa Eyes canes ace 420 242, 415, 000 12.3 
Tennessee! os eee ee eee eee Re eee aoe: 759 237,574,000 12.1 
(Arka nSASis 322 a8 sat eo eee ae ATER ear Soncpeece Bk 421 235, 763, 000 12.0 
LCs 0 AP sae aes eee cose sSoesee Sols Sees 553 170, 469.000 8.6 
Wilgalith hse Choe oenedcaconorsesahsosoeune sneer eeeSed 834 169, 725, 000 8.6 
INOGEMCaroling ees ean eee eee eer Pappa manasa, 3 854 115, 749, 000 5.9 : 
Missouri........-- ON aes Seteieces ae aepiee Siem era sie 320 112,897,000 5.7 : 
Mississippi--.-..---.---- Re oe ee ree ee ates Stine eos 262 111, 751, 000 57 : 
(Qin) Saat gs See ees « Be BOS 6 cigs ae eee eee 476 90, 561, 000 4.6 29.17 
Pennsylvania.-......-.-. Wen Bete eee keas ae baal 680 85, 779, 000 4.3 26.10 
INVGUETB 5 nb as 2 secsosecootneec s20550 29ers sc sesnbees | 412 85, 210, 000 4.3 34.81 
WOWISiana 22 Se APy ios. p ee ee eee Bae 96 70, 538, 000 3.6 23.48 
WAdlabamar . S85 Bose iss Le ee es ec aera 347 38, 363, 000 1.9 17.84 
UY Nia Gris Peres Ae RISO SER BO So aie ores Onsite meee | 86 36,829, 000 1.9 21.06 
Newer OL kK 2/250 5 sas essen aaeesee Ge seas etiee eee eee es 621 22,592 000 il} 28.66 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39).--.-.-.-.-.-... 1,698 141, 179, 000 7.2 24.03 
1 Commercially the oaks are classed as white and red. The principal commercial oaks are listed below: 
White oaks: 
White oak (Quercus alba) is the white oak common throughout the eastern half of the United States. 
Chestnut (or rock) oak (Quercus prinus) is found in the Appalachian region. 
Fost oak (Quercus minor) and bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) are common throughout the eastern half 
of the country. 
Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata) and cow (or basket) oak (Quercus michauxii) are the principal southern 
white oaks, 
Red oaks: 
Red oak (Quercus rubra) is the red oak common to the eastern part ofthe United States. 
Texan red oak (Quercus texana) is the principal red oak sawed in the lower Mississippi Valley. 
Pin oak (Quercus palustris) is found in the Eastern and Central States. 
Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea) is the northern and northeastern red oak. 
Yellow (orblack) oak (Quercus velutina) is common to most States east ofthe Rocky Mountains. 
Willow oak (Quercus phellos) is cut mostly in the Southern States. 
WHITE PINE. 
The output of white pine in 1917, like that of other softwoods, 
was smaller than for the previous year. The total reported produc- 
tion of 2,050,360,000 feet showed a decrease of 12 per cent. The 
cut was the smallest of which there is record. The reduced cut is 
consistently shown by all of the States, the greatest reduction for 
any one State being that shown for Idaho of 110,651,000 feet, or 
36 per cent. Minnesota’s mills put out 41 per cent of all the white 
pine reported cut in 1916 and 44 per cent in 1917; Idaho’s share was 
13 per cent in the 1916 total and 9 per cent in 1917. Maine, where 
many generations of lumbermen* have developed the white pine 
industry, displaced Idaho in second place in the rank of producing 
