28 BULLETIN 1768, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TaBLE 24.—Reported production of cedar } lumber, 1917. 
{Computed total production in the United States, 265,000,000 feet-] 
‘Average ~ 
Number of : ag) 
active mills eae @ Per cent. Hee of 
reporting. reporte 1,000 feet . :- 
f.o. b. mill. 
Feet B. M. : 
United Statese - s7-ELENS. Haver. yee sees ee 573 258, 005, 000 100.0 $19. 40 
wy EMS UO oe checc cob secncassenscecaasossenncasauces a6 15) a0; G00 32-6 18. 16. - 
GCIs See cnc ou ces sbacosssecsseces oon ssesoasoc 4 4 00! 16. 22. 85 
California: Leet ORO CA Bae ees i og 46 21, 310, 000 8.3 17.50 
Ta aH ees Biya ONS RE a 16 15, 319, 000 5.9 14.29 
Virginiageee. 25.0500) 55) ey, | Ee Eee: 20 9,017, 000 3.5 15. 44 
UNOeNESE. oso tock soca dcgssonsoscceegedecesedascssus 78 7,713, 000 3.0 33. 44 
ING Chri os Asse soe Se be code seoseseeocaseas 34 7, 462, 000 2.9 22.98 
Michiana pr ga | 8 | Pied iris 
LO ERY s5 Gos co ee sc ace nesacageecceascsseeccecs= sdeec 5,9 0 7.14 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39)----..---------- 160 6, 501, 000 OF ii . 26.70 
i Western red cedar ( Thuja plicata) is cut in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. 
Port Orford cedar ( Chamezcyparis lawsoniana) is cut in Oregon. 
Yellow cedar ( Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) is cut in Washington. 
Incense cedar (Libocedrus decurrens) is cut in California. 
Northern white cedar (or arborvite) ( Thuja occidentalis) is cut in the Lake States and the North- 
eastern States. 
White cedar (or juniper) (Chamzcyparis thyoides) is cut in the Atlantic Coast States. 
Red cedar (Juni eres virginiana) and southern red juniper (Juniperus barbadensis) is cutin Tennessee, 
Florida, and Alabama. 
TUPELO. 
Nearly all of the leading tupelo-producing States, the exception 
being Virginia, reported a heavier cut in 1917 than the year before, 
the total for the country being 249,992,000 feet, or 17 per cent in 
excess of the 1916 figures. The cut was larger in Louisiana by 12. 
per cent than the year before, 14 per cent in Alabama, nearly three 
times as large in Mississippi, and more than twice as large in North 
Carolina and South Carolina. Forty more mills reported cutting 
tupelo in 1917 than in 1916. In each one of the last 10 years there 
has been a growth in the output of tupelo. 
There was a decided upward tendency in the average value, which 
reached $18.06 per 1,000 feet, an increase of 39 per cent over the 
1916 average value of $13. 
TaBLE 25.—Reported production of tupelo’ lumber, 1917. 
» [Computed total production in the United States, 265,000,000 feet.] 
= Average 
Number of iol Sa 
active mills ouanty Per cent. Ahn 
6 ’ | reporting. PO ee Ce 1,000 feet 
=) f. 0. b. mill. 
ay; 5 Feet B. M. 
United States: seiye = ae ee el ob eee 658 249, 992, 000 100.0 $18. 06 
TWouisianaeeeey eee ea eee dened ea ale 55 127,210, 000 50.9 18. 30 
JUGS ITIE < paococadacon ose ocdousoeusccasasuouadee ee 43 25, 528, 000 10.2 19. 26 
Mississippi - ----- Bae 54 21,974, 000 8.8 18.68 
North Carolina ii 51 18, 179, 000 ES 16. 16 
South Carolina 18 16, 933, 000 6.8 18. 28 
VAT EAN eee ne ea ee ye meeme acento cae 42 9, 009, 000 3.6 15.22 
WiESOUINS 6 Nos cascoosspoqce sons = soeasedudsououuseEease 29 7,746, 000 3.1 17.54 
ANGTMI CEE Cac cek octet seco s0escqecenecesHeSSepEdaescc 80 5, 115, 000 2.0 17.69 
IN TICATI SASH ee Ua a Tena eee ae ei LSU Neo c 2. a ae 56 4,788, 000 1.9 15.76 
All other States (see Summary UD SOO) ee eee Ges oles 230° 13, 510, 000 5.4 | 18. 06 
! Tupelo (or cotton gum) ( Nyssa aquatica) is cut in the Gulf States. 
Black gum (or pepperidge) ( Nyssa sylvatica) is cut in the Atlantic and Central States and is sold both 
as tupelo and black gum. 
Water gum( Nyssa Syiflora) i is cut to a small extent in the Southern Atlantic States. 
