PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1917. 21 
SPRUCE. 
The immense demand for spruce for airplane material is not re- 
flected in the lumber production figures for 1917, since the accelerated 
production did not take place until late in the year. Much spruce 
gotten out in the woods was in the form of rived bolts, and was not 
the product of the sawmill. : 
The total reported cut, 978,265,000 feet, was 13 per cent smaller 
than in 1916. Maine, which has contributed annually about one- 
third of the total spruce milled, sawed only 79,000,000 feet, or 21 
per cent less in 1917 than in 1916; even with the reduced cut the 
State maintained first rank among the producing States. The cut 
im Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York also was reduced, and 
this reduction, as in Maine, is directly attributable to the higher price 
obtainable for spruce as pulp material than as lumber. Oregon 
ranked seventh in 1915 among the spruce producing States, jumped 
into fourth place in 1916, and assumed third place in 1917. Oregon 
cut 65,000,000 feet in 1915, 96,000,000 feet a year later, and 121,000,000 
feet in 1917. Washington’s cut was slightly smaller in 1917 than for 
the preceding year. North Carolina, Minnesota, Colorado, California, 
and Idaho enlarged their total for 1917. 
‘The average value reported for spruce lumber was $24.41 per 1,000 
feet, though from $100 to $250 per 1,000 feet was paid for the fone 
grade procurable for airplane construction. The average value in 
1916 was $17.58, so that the 1917 value represents a rise of 39 per 
cent. 
TasLE 14.—Reported production of spruce * lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 1,125,000,000 feet.] 
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Number of | = esa iet 5 : 
active mills  @Uantity — percent. | Value per 
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BEVOEDIAE- | f. 0. b. mil). 
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Feet B. M. : : 
Wited States -< a.52: 3.245... Peet oN. eam 1,320; 978, 265,000 | 100.0 $24, 41 
Maing: ) 3505) ee ae: Saas 22. Se 298 297, 949, 000 | 30.4 23. 43 
VAC CTS 471 Ike Re RAN oP Soren GoOCe sap amare vase | 66 198, 271, 000 20.3 22.34 
0 OTe Re SRS ENS SYS Se ee | 26 120, 647, 000 12.3 28. 28 
IGE Ta ES 2 SaaS: eee || 18 68, 895, 000 7.0 30. 30 
EET 1 rg a8 NE RS ST he ae ea | 244 48, 630, 000 5.0 24.28 
RIGIREMCATOUUA. oP eee. Sts Shao eal. le bbe | 17 47, 360, 000 4.8 28.33 
RAINY R eon ac econ NSN inate cinssiaiciaieietofe fw oe pote 67 40, 999, 000 4.2 24.28 
DICPAPMIIDRUIEG 57.2 SE let Fo eae oo ee 112 36, 057, 000 3.7 23.47 
i a aoe Se i A ey ne 184 27, 215, 000 2.8 28. 51 
Si re Ie LEE: ak RES Pe ed BS ed ee 47 22, $96, 000 2.3 17.14 
Caitiormtide [957052 322554. 3, teach aply 232 20's ete Sao 4 20, 659, 000 Pari 17.50 
TANGO 2 2 7 23 19,171, 000 2.0 22. 49 
Wisconsin | 42 th 852) 000 .8 25.78 
Michigan 68 6, 703, 000 ay, 24.06 
Montana | 11 6, 437, 000 M7 18; 22 
All other States (see ‘Summary, LC ea = 8 Ae Bence 93 8, 524, 000 9 19. 79 
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i Red spruce (Picea vtras is the principal species cut in the Hortbe: astern States Gel ihe Appal: Pinte 
region. 
Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) is the principal species cut in Oregon and ae eto. 
Blac k spruce (Picea marianz) is cut in limited quantit.es in the northeastern State 
White spruce (Picea canadensis) is cut in the Lake States. 
Engelmann spruce ( Picea cngelmanni) is cut in the Rocky Mountain region. 
