34 BULLETIN 168, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
WALNUT. 
Despite the urgent call for black-walnut lumber, made largely by 
rifle manufacturers, production was 53,676,000 feet, or 12 per cent, 
below that of the year previous. Veneer producers were active in 
the market. and many of the best logs went to these plants instead 
of to sawmills. In Missouri and in Ohio the output was greater by 
10 per cent than in the previous year, but the figures for the other 
States show a decline. | 
A noteworthy jump of 72 per cent over the 1916 average value of 
walnut took place. In 1916 the value was $42.38 per 1,000 feet; in 
1917 it was $72.99. The importance attached to walnut is shown 
by the fact that its value is greater than that of any other domestic 
species. 
TaBLE 34.—Reported production of walnut } lumber, 1917. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 62,000,000 feet.1 
{ 
Average 
reporting reported. 1,000 feet 
: f. 0. b. mill. 
Feet B. M. 
UnitediStatesscn. sie. cc ececesne ae seeeeo neces 1,001 53, 676, 000 100.0 $72.99 
MASSOUEL Ss Lae 82 tscc meen iseeslecete Bee aparece ars 61 13, 373, 000 24.9 117.77 
IMOnTUCK ye case 3 ee Se Govan vic oan ace ne tee ee ree 122 8, 112, 000 15.1 44.05 
Ibeshbwessconsasonsnee aabeceoosscaupsESosabuDecpes64- 189 7, 872, 000 14.7 61. 92 
OO ra a Soh ee oe ee 126 6, 656, 000 12.4 44.51 - 
TM ONNOSSEC ss) ee sete rat fete loins | nies ioteats Sree rears oie aS 115 4,828, 000 9.0 55. 82 
LO SG EGHORE SUS CROCS OLOE 6 OOS EE aOne ES abe cce meee 31 3,719, 000 6.9 58. 91 
WIT MOIS SSE Ea? SIO AE ae a EOE NEN IS fo 23 2, 269, 000 4.2 115. 21 
West Virginia...-.....- RG rset irae moet etary toast a ae 77 887, 000 iL? 37.70 
Arkansasi es 2 0ges Si Teed OSCR SE etude Se ne tae 27 532, 000 1.0 51. 06 
War umes oe eet a Se ae cian Sie cia = 52 450, 000 4.8 31.53 
IP OUITTS ys VR TN eae si etary ee ee een re ya se Oa 50 255, 000 .5 41.55 
Northi@anolinatas tun fos) 7a aye. Ss we ee eee 43 230, 000 4 32.85 
All other States (see Summary, p. 39).....-...--....- 85 4, 493, 000 8.4 79. 86 
1 Black walnut (Juglans nigra) is the only species cut as such. 
SYCAMORE. 
Sycamore production has run along rather evenly for 10 years. 
The 1917 cut of 28,548,000 feet was but 2 per cent more than that of 
the previous year. The Arkansas output was 17 per cent and the 
Tennessee output 32 per cent greater than in 1916. 
From 1916 to 1917 the average value of sycamore advanced from 
$14.65 to $18.68 per 1,000 feet, or 28 per cent. 
