26 BULLETIN 768, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TaBLE 21.—Reported production of larch ! (tamarack) lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 360,000,000 feet.) 
Average 
Number of ¢ 
serene Quantit value per 
active mills reported. Per cent. 1,000 feet 
reporting. f. 0. b. mill. 
United States sescessacsccee so. eeene re eecies 537 100. 0 $16. 21 
MVEOTUGATI Ae epee eae ep oy Aen eee Se Lees 41 40.3 16. 38 
ROI: fh cons Rr A UE See epee 22 eer A a So 56 29.7 14.60 
WASHIN eCOM sees oe mee meee oie ein moe ears seers 48 10.2 13. 74 
WASCONSIN® 5. beyonce eR i Re apa 135 410, 5.8 20. 71 
Minn eSOtd: ss: steer ee er OO Nea 96 18, 217, 000 5.4 20. 56 
IF 421 ei aS Uh EL Co oe A ier ee ok ana Gem 98 14, 680, 000 4.3 21.01 
(ORE OTE Ee EON orn er Nts Seo SO be Seo Bama en SeTGE eC oe 21 13, 793, 000 4.1 14. 94 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39).------.-.-.-... 42 614, 000 47 21.18 
1 Western larch (Lariz occidentalis) is the species cut in the Inland Empire and the Pacific Northwest. 
Tamarack, or larch (Lariz laricina), is cut in the Lake States and New England States. 
YELLOW POPLAR. 
The reported total output of yellow poplar of 325,968,000 feet was 
smaller by nearly 70,000,000 feet, or 17 per cent, than the 1916 cut. 
The decrease is consistent with the general trend of poplar production 
during the last 10 years. West Virginia’s cut alone fell off 23,480,000 
feet, or 23 per cent, from the year before; and a decreased cut took 
place in most of the other States producing poplar except in Tennessee 
and Kentucky, where slight gains are recorded. 
The average mill value of $27.17 per 1,000 feet is $5.28 per 1,000, 
or 24 per cent, above the 1916 value. 
TABLE 22.—Reported production of yellow-poplar } lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 350,000,000 feet.] 
Average 
Number of . 
active mills Quant Per cent. yalue Der 
reporting. Se 2 ee 
f.0. b. mill. 
; Feet B. M. ; 
Winived NS tateskst sa. Poke My Ae aa 2,779 325, 968, 000 100. 0 $27. 17 
Wiestavingimiaess cb See seo) See ee oe on vate 255 79, 035, 000 24, 2 30. 78 
Men eSSCO Me sees oe ee ed sae ee ere oe eee eee 429 48, 425, 000 14.9 28. 61 
Ken tiitkyees cacao so Sus aes cae oo ae 333 42, 205, 000 12.9 - 30.84 
WAT ETON ENS C55 eo ae AN ta i gg 355 37, 213, 000 11.4 25. 00 
North Carolina. --- - jos Ones ABAC aU ese Se eae eee se. 305 29, 311, 000 9.0 21.77 
GeOneiak yee eer sore = Soeeeece bie. sa Sse) ten os sees 87 28, 252, 000 8.7 22. 43 
INV EY OBI 52 PR Pat le ae Re ea 164 21, 519, 000 6.6 19. 87 
(ONO Sos al Nore son cd cea Eee ae © 5 UTIs acer ee a emmareee ies 179 13, 252, 000 4.1 31. 56 
SouthiCarolinasececer erence eter kee. eee 138 7,014, 000 2.1 20. 86 
INEGI 5 Soc egg52edgeeaqscog sa spas se cease ne mae se 198 6, 094, 000 1.9 35. 48 
iRennsylvaniags: 2s s\as-ey ae eee see ares sack Se 161 4, 348, 000 1.3 26. 44 
IMISSISSIP plement oe eee ae ete eee ee ees os ote 89 4, 181, 000 1.3 22. 56 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39).-.............. 186 5, 119, 000 1.6 22. 98 
1 Yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) is the only species that goes into poplar lumber. 
