38 BULLETIN 768, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
LUMBER VALUES. 
The average values for lumber shown in Table 40 were determined 
for each species from the individual reports from mills representing 
every variation incident to the logging, transportation, manufacture, 
and sale of lumber. More than one-half of the mills in reporting 
their cut furnished values at which sales were made f. o. b. mill. 
These reports were carefully scrutinized and the figures are un- 
doubtedly representative. 
The table shows the average value of the different woods for 
specified years from 1899 to 1916 and indicates the good, bad, and 
indifferent years of the lumber industry. The 1917 average value of 
$20.32 per 1000 feet established a record. It is 33 per cent higher 
than the 1916 figure and 23 per cent higher than the figure obtained 
for the profitable year of 1907. Every wood listed in the table 
shared in the advance, some to a much greater degree than others, as 
is revealed in the individual species tables. 
TasBLE 40.—Average value of lumber per thousand feet, by m., by kinds of wood, for 
specified years, 1899-1917. 
Kind of wood 1917 1916 1915 1911 1910 1909 1907 1904 1899 
PAUIKANGSE 2S oe areca $20.32 | $15.32 | $14.04 | $15.05 | $15.30 | $15.38 | $16.56 | $12.76 $11.13 
Softwoods: 
Yellow pine.. 19.00} 14.33 | 12.41] 13.87] 13.29) 12.69] 14.02 9.96 8. 46 
Douglas fir.. 16.28 | 10.78 | 10.59} 11.05] 138.09] 12.44} 14.12 9.51 8.67 
White pine - 24.81 | 19.16] 17.44] 18.54] 18.93] 18.16] 19.41] 14.93 12.69 
Hemlock 20.78} 15.35 | 13.14] 13.59] 13.85 | 138.95] 15.53} 11.91 9.98 
PLUCC nse cee Reiteoniees 24.41} 17.58] 16.58] 16.14] 16.62) 16.91] 17.26] 14.03 11.27 
Western yellow pine....... 19.59} 14.52] 14.32] 18.62} 14.26] 15.39] 15.67] 11.30 9.70 
Cypressy.t£t tes tee stecce st 23.92 1 20.85] 19.851 20.54] 20.51! 20.46] 22.121 17°50 13.32 
Redwood aenesseeee see eeee 21.00} 13.93 | 13.54] 138.99] 15.52] 14.80] 17.70) 12.83 10.12 
Cedarl sie See 19.40} 15.24} 16.10] 18.86] 15.53] 19.95} 19.14] 14.35 10.91 
Larch Sooo eu Seles 16.21 | 12.49} 10.78} 11.87} 12.33} 12.68] 13.99} 11.39 8.73 
White HIPS GGasacqppeesouoeN 17.16 |) 12.25 10. 94 10. 64 11.52 13.10} 15.54 (4) (@) 
SRB Te WI asocaucc0esescT 24.69} 16.77] 17.40] 17.52] 18.68] 18.14] 19.84 (1) 12.30 
Balsampiireeeeeese ere eee 20.02 | 16.49} 13.79} 13.42] 14.48] 13.99] 16.16 (1) (@) 
Lodgepole pine............ 18.34 | 15.13] 138.57] 12.41] 14.88] 16.25 (1) (4) (@) 
“Hardwoods: 
Be mays escssikeeins Homeless 24.49 | 20.06] 18.73} 19.14] 18.76] 20.50{ 21.23) 17.51 13.78 
Maplees eect ane aee 23.16} 18.24 15.21 15.49 | 18.16} 15.77 16. 84 14.94 11.83 
Gum, red and sap........- 19.56] 14.64] 12.54] 12.11 | 12.26} 13.20} 14.10} 10.87 9.63 
Chestnuts 42 21.54} 17.05 | 16.17) 16.63] 16.23} 16.12 { 17.04] 13.78 13.37 - 
Yellow poplar........-...- 27.17 | 21.89 | 22.45] 25.46] 24.71] 25.39] 24.91} 18.99 14.03 
Birch use as ooseeee eee oe 24.07 19.59 16. 52 16. 61 17.37 | 16.95 | 17.37} 15.44 12.50 
IBGCCh eras iaaceendecaeess 19.58 | 16.20} 14.01] 14.09] 14.34} 18.25} 14.30 (*) (1) 
IBlaSSwOOGs.. see nee enee 25.96 | 21.05} 18.89] 19.20) 20.94] 19.50] 20.03] 16.86 12. 84 
Pena ciaratea etete ois else aeras 23.89} 19.46] 16.98} 17.13} 18.67 | 17.52] 18.45) 14.45 11.47 
INST sececisiciniictcmeic seo eae 30.01 | 23.85 | 22.15 | 21.21} 22.47] 24.44) 25.01] 18.77 15.84 
Cottonwood.......-.---.-. 23.19 | 17.42} 17.36 | 18.12] 17.78} 18.05 | 18.42} 14.92 10.37 
Mupelower san seecee esc 18.06 | 13.00] 12.25) 12.46] 12.14) 11.87] 14.48 1 1 
HICKOnYE Es 3. eens nese 29.48 | 23.84] 23.35 | 22.47] 26.55] 30.80} 29.50] 23.94 18.78 
Walnut 2. sees sea 72.99 | 42.38 | 48.37] 31.7 34.91 | 42.79] 43.31 | 43.64 36.49 
SyeaninOrs6 sc5cecccocooceoe 18.68 | 14.65 13. 86 13.16 14.10 14.77 | 14.58 (4) 11.04 
1 Data not obtained. 
