PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1917. 923 
TaBLE 16.—Reported production of maple } lumber, 1917. 
{Computed total production in the United States, 860,000,000 feet.) 
Average 
Number of : ais 
active mills cuauel Per cent. veto Re 
reporting. A Ae } ce 
f.0. b. mill. 
: Feet B. M. 
TRG DS PUGS ES Ss Geach cess Se eee eee eres ea 3,944 802, 089, 000 100.0 $23.16 
LUST REEL so sae SOB Be BAO OB ORE 5 CB Ree tee ae een 249 349, 688, 000 43.6 24.11 
WAS ETI hh TR Re es a a 264 154, 570, 000 19.3 21.10 
WQS E VATED ES 2 Sen Gs Se eee eee 193 67, 471, 000 8.4 25.90 
EBay WGre is 2 ee ee SS 2 ee 786 45,024, 000 5.6 23.91 
PRS MUSA Aree ooops te ee eA a etig ates s<4 Sabie 427 42, 903, 000 5.3 20.68 
BRT OEP a Oe ke ne ma Srels Sen's Le cighene 328 26, 244, 000 3.3 22.34 
HUTT - Gs Se tee OS ESaES BeBe So Ue een ae emer 340 23, 324, 000 2.9 27.50 
RBEHTON Geer eo ee ee SES A 206 16, 870, 000 7A 21.50 
LUNSS iil. 5 Se Sen eens ree a eee 91 14, 135, 000 1.8 19.93 
All other States (see Summary, p. —)..-..-.-..-.-... 1, 060 61, 860, 000 Uae! 
21. 02 
1 Sugar (or hard) maple (Acer saccharum) is cut principally in the Northern States. 
Silver (or soft) maple (Acer saccharinum) 1s also cut in the Northern States. 
Red (or soft) maple (Acer rubrum) is the principal species cut in the Southern States. 
Mountain maple (Acer spicatum) and striped maple (Acer pennsylvanicum) are cut in the Eastern States. 
Oregon maple (Acer macrophyllum) is cut in the Pacific Coast States. 
RED GUM. | 
One of the few woods for which a gain in production was made in 
1917 was red gum, the total output reaching 730,662,000 feet, or a 
12 per cent increase over the 1916 total of 651,879,000 feet. The cut 
in 1916 was 36 per cent greater than for the preceding year. Organi- 
zation of the efforts of the operators in finding new markets and in 
handling their product is responsible for the enlarged output and 
consumption of red gum. The quantity cut in Arkansas, Mississippi, 
and Louisiana was slightly in excess in each instance of the 1916 
output, the total for the three States amounting to 68 per cent of all 
the gum reported cut.° Tennessee’s production almost trebled in 
1917, being 64,356,000 feet. The 1916 cut was 23,917,000 feet. It is 
significant that the number of mills which reported cutting red gum 
in 1917 was 1,949, while but 1,845 reported in 1916. 
A higher average mill value was obtained in 1917 than in 1916, 
the average value of $19.56 in 1917 being an increase of $4.92 per 
1,000 feet, or 34 per cent. 
TABLE 17.—Reported production of gum | lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 788,000,000 feet. | 
Average 
Number of : 
active mills| ey Per cent. pelue Pee 
fats. | ie f.0.b. mill. 
| *| Feet B. M. 
“EGC Ce a ek __1,949 | __ 730,662,000} _ 100.0 $19. 56 
asi eee Se Sak eee ae oT Te 284 230, 964, 000 31.6 19.92 
LOI eR eee ie ee ae ee IE 204 169, 847, 000 23.2 19. 96 
Uo ET Se gan Bee ee a 2 a 89 94, 671, 000 13.0 10. 22 
EEO en ee ios ao uss OLR EMO ais cle b.anine 6! os bolas 212 64, 356, 000 8.8 24,42 
(EE Se ae Sie ep ca esi 8 ao >a 49 26, 342, 000 3.6 16. 80 
EG Bee EE ee eee 117 25, 147, 000 3.4 15. 06 
CAE Sa ae SORES Bt ig: <5 a DS am 60 24, 981, 000 3.4 17. 23 
“CETERA ESAT SR eho 5 9 Ee 32 19, 883, 000 2.7. 17.93 
Norte ©arOuney o>. . s Seecmae lec o> ot Boe shoe SPE 116 12, 866, 000 1.8 15. 78 
aS LTTE © Tp Gad aT jh eS a a eae 48 12, 392, 000 1.7 16.75 
MENCOMN sad y So nui odes verre see wee wen siné ae oo ovens 163 10, 084, 000 1.4 16. 80 
ASCII bs set ied Ss fo PERS ele beee dul bie ctv Me eee 122 9, 165, 000 1.3 15.91 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39).......-.---.+0- 453 29, 964, 000 4.1 19.19 
' Red (or sweet) gum (Liquidamber styraciflua) is the only species that goes into red gum lumber. Com- 
mercial sap gum is the sapwood of the red gum. 
