rays BULLETIN 768, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
CYPRESS. 
Cypress was less seriously affected by the general slump in pro- 
duction than many other woods and the cut of 917,445,000 feet was 
but 3 per cent, or 28,000,000 feet, under that for 1916. In Louisiana, 
which milled 56 per cent of all the cypress cut in 1917, the output 
of 509,659,000 feet was 17,766,000 feet, or 3 per cent, less than in 
1916; and in Florida the cut of 166,857,000 feet was 21,942,000 feet, 
or 12 per cent, under that of 1916. In South Carolina the total cut 
was enlarged and the State displaced Georgia in third place among 
the producing States. The cut reported in Arkansas and Missouri 
also was slightly more in 1917 than the year before. 
The average value of cypress for 1917, $23.92, is an advance of 
$3.07, or 15 per cent, over the preceding year, and the spread is 
noticeably less than for many of the other woods. 
TABLE 15.—Reported production of cypress } lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 950,000,000 feet.] 
Average 
Number of P : zi 
active mills Qnentyy, Per cent. value pen 
reporting. reported: J ce 
f.0. b. mill 
Feet B. M. 
(United: States Sos 5: 455 Ske ese es Ee 654 917, 445, 000 100.0 $223.92 
TM OuUiSlana)s Sei SRE a Ss ee USE fo oaas eee se ee 97 509, 659, 000 55.6 24.48 
UY] OL aes eee os ree oe ayers < Pe EO ee 36 166, 857, 000 18.2 24.51 
South(Carolina 9920s. Wes ee ee ae esa nae 37 59, 107, 000 6.5 25.90 
OK Od i eer Sao Be a OCG re OMEN AOC ay MUS oan same 31 51, 219, 000 5.6 26.05 
INP KANSAS Doers Jor ns a esaa eae ee eeisie sine cise cine enrgamie sage 135 43, 969, 000 4.8 21.88 
IMISSOUNL Sacer sa ee ee ee ene ae eee 44 26, 981, 000 2.9 19. 68 
Mississipptts 2a ea ess- Gee as Reese) oe eee Ue Beers aes | 91 16, 537, 000 1.8 24.14 
North Carolina ese See. eae ee etiam aie c es Bass 73 15, 958, 000 end 20. 69 
FRETATICSSOO staat eiee ier Na es tee A ay eee ne Rn Sg a ich | 44 10, 003, 000 1.1 25.63 
VAT OUT See eo Goes ose i ce ge i ee ee ee ee eee oS 15 9, 539, 000 1.0 21.87 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39)-----.---------- 51 7,616, 000 .8 21.32 
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1 Bald cypress ( Tarodium distichum) is the one species cut as such. 
MAPLE. 
The quantity of maple reported sawed was less by approximately 
1 per cent than in 1916: The three principal producing States, 
Michigan, Wisconsin, and West Virginia, produced within 11,000,000 
feet as much as in 1916, and slight increases in output occurred 
among the mills in Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri. The production of 
maple has not varied to any marked degree during the last 10 years. 
The average value of $23.16 per 1,000 feet is an increase above 
the average of $18.24 obtained in 1916 of $4.92 per 1,000 feet, or 
27 per cent. 
