32 BULLETIN 768, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TaBLE 30.—Reported production of ash * lumber, 1917. 
{Computed total production in the United States, 175,000,000 feet.] 
Number of Average 
active mills Quantit Per cent value per 
‘ reported. - >} 1,000 feet 
reporting. £0. b. mill. 
@ 
; Feet B. M. : 
WWmitediS tates tess ae eae ep ya cel he 3, 259 159, 175, 000 100.0 $30. O01 
TeOuUisSiariaie False 2 eo eins pases Mees ON NON a i ee he 59 21, 492, 000 13.5 27.33 
TAT KANSAS esos Ge ea ae eee liege oe CS a aria 108 20,768, 000 13.0 31.21 
Wasconsin ss. 2c eae eae: se Be 209 13, 676, 000 8.6 25. 22 
TRENTIOSSCO S22 Soe ar eR MR as eee rem ee ape eee 176 13, 649, 000 8.6 34.97 
Tmidianas sae ieee eo Pea ie pas Se Be ee 219 12, 295, 000 Wat! 38.16 
IMASSISSH PD PU eee ees Rik eka ea eg Us 2s 2 ena ae 87 8, 649, 000 5.4 30. 95 
ING Wa YCOTeOS -OScNUOEN S dns ob eu eee 586 7, 955, 000 5.0 29.14 
ET CRnn rears eS Nya La WH ean el ta) We ies 2b re 166 7, 350, 000 4.6 27.12 
ORR SRE aap Se ea pig a A 267 0, 000 4.5 - 33.06 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39).....-..-.------ 1, 382 46, 241, 000 29.1 28. 48 
1 Lumber trade practice specifies white ash and brown ash. The former is cut from the white ash tree 
and the latter from the black ash tree. 
Green ash (Flazinus lanceolata) is cut in the Southern States. 
White ash (Flazinus americana) is cut in the Central States. 
Black ash (Flazinus nigra) is cut in the Lake States and Northeastern States. 
Red ash (F'lazinus pennsylvanica) is cut in limited quantity in the Eastern States. 
Oregon ash (Flaxinus oregona) is cut in the Pacifie Northwest. 
Z SUGAR PINE. 
The cut of sugar pine totaled 132,568,000 feet in 1917, a decrease 
of 22 per cent from the year before. A slightly larger quantity was 
sawed in Oregon than the year before, with an addition of two mills 
to the number reporting. — 
The average value of sugar pine was $24.69 per 1,000 feet. In 
1916 the average was $16.77. The difference represents an imerease 
of 47 per cent. A material difference exists between the average 
value reported for the two States, Oregon and California. 
TaBLE 31.—Reported production of sugar-pine: lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 132,600,000 fcet.] 
} Average 
Number of . 
Fase atl Susntily ihpericants value per 
ti reported. 1,000 feet 
ROPOUUIIe: | f. 0. b. mill. 
Feet B. M. : 
WimitedsSta tess ss po nes ek Maye ek 2 68 132, 568, 000 100.0 $24. 69 
California neem pele isl aR ALIS. Ee | 55 | 127,951,000] 96.5 25.00 
ORES OMR SE ee eee aa eee oe Rs ee ae eS UD | 13 4, 617, 000 3.5 16.15 
1 Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) is the only species cut as such and is found only in California and south- 
ern Oregon. 
HICKORY. 
Hickory lumber production in 1917 declined 12 per cent from the 
year before, the total being 82,512,000 feet. Production has shown 
a decrease for almost every year of the last ten, emphasizing the 
scarcity of this important wood; much hickory, however, is made 
into vehicle dimension stock and is not reported in the lumber cut. 
Of the ranking 10 States the only one which exceeded its cut for 1916 
is Mississippi, which increased its output by 10 per cent. 
