PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1917. 19 
States, and New Hampshire moved into fourth place, which was. 
occupied by Wisconsin in 1916. 
The average value of white pine for the year was $24.81 per 1,000 
feet, an advance of $5.65 per 1,000, or 29 per cent, over the year 
before. 
Tasie 11.—Reported production of white-pine ' lumber, 1917. 
{Computed total productio1: i: the United States, 2,250,000,000 feet. ] 
: Average 
Number of z 
active mills Seaee Per cent. yelso Dee 
ToD ORDDE: f.0.b. mill. 
Feet B. M. 
Wmnited States 20s) 355k. Steps ateiaic. asics stare 2,984 | 2,050, 360, 000 100.0 $24.81 
Minnesota... - =< -=:+---- Sa epneietinesisiecies suersceuleaye 148 901, 941, 000 44.0 25.86 
Mae seb <3 Sob ore SASS Ese eee eee 5 408 256, 014, 000 12.5 22. 68 
LIGHT? oa 22 OS ees OR eee er ee 36 193, 404, 000 9.4 25. 56 
New pomp spe SA AEDES aS Sees See ee ee 246 171, 547.000 8.4 21.83 
IASEONS HPCE SoS ociot Saisie wane ene hes eee eine ew semen 234 160, 630, 000 7.8 28.34 
LISS DO NIRG DSS 5 Gu ign LAR ere ae ea 211 90, 797, 000 4.4 20.87 
IER? WTS Soe Saab eee nent ie eee eine eS 3s 698 57, 924, 000 2.8 26.89 
AWE S TSE SD We ce aN 37 56, 955, 000 2.8 19.39 
LMR LS ee Soe cece sanen ae aos OS Saigon eaaaEaseacs 5 131 47, 571, 000 2.3 29.47 
CERIN ANIA ae arse atte eee a eisai e eee 297 25, 756, 000 1.3 26.99 
LACT! (Caria) LUE) eee See a ea ae acts tes ee 96 20, 190, 000 1.0 22.13 
WERIMOHGre es n-ne ads toes hae ach: | JRL ESE oe 114 18, 884, 000 9 21.04 
Connecticut....-... Soeee saege 54 10, 043, 000 .O 23.11 
Virginiat <2. het é 74 9, 144, 000 nO) 19. 20 
West Virginia p 57 8, 461, 000 4 20.89 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39) 143 21, 699, 000 1.0 19.62 
1 White pine (Pinus strobus) is the white pie cut in the Lake States, the Northeastern States, and the 
Appalachian region. 
orway (or red) pine (Pinus resinosa), though botanically a yellow pine, is cut in the Lake States and 
gs marketed with white pine. 
pine (Pinus banksiana) is cut in the Lake States. 
Western white pine (Pinus monticola) is cut in Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Oregon. 
HEMLOCK. 
The curtailment in production in 1917 was less for hemlock than 
for any other one of the principal construction woods. The total 
reported production of 1,968,217,000 feet was smaller by only approxi- 
mately 18,000,000 feet, or less than 1 per cent, than the 1916 cut. 
The output of the mills in Wisconsin, the leading State in hemlock 
production, was enlarged by 7 per cent over that of 1916, which may 
be attributed to the exceptionally heavy demands made Ny the Gov- 
ernment for lumber for construction work. Michigan mills likewise 
increased their output, though less than 1 per cent of the total. 
Wisconsin and Michigan combined to produce in 1917 more than 45 
per cent of the hemlock cut of the country, as compared with 43 per 
cent in 1916. Washington’s increased output was 19 per cent, 
amounting to nearly 50,000,000 feet. Slightly increased production 
also took place among the New York and the Tennessee mills, and 
in the shifting of figures New York supplanted Maine in the sixth 
position in the relative rank of States. 
The average value of hemlock rose from $15.35 per 1,000 feet in 
1916 to $20.78 in 1917, an increase of 35 per cent. 
