4 BULLETIN 299, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 2. — Distribution by regions of the cut ash of the different species, expressed in per 

 cent of the total cut of each species. 



Region. 



White ash. 



Green ash. 



Black ash. 





Per cent. 

 10.4 

 13.3 

 13 



51.4 

 5.1 



6.6 

 .2 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 

 5 





o.i 



1.8 



18.9 



9.1 



69.7 



.4 



8 





71.5 



Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,' West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee 



15.5 



Lower Mississippi Valley, including Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, 

















100 



100 100 



In round numbers, white ash comprises 45 per cent, green ash 

 37 per cent, and black ash 18 per cent of the total output of ash 

 lumber in the United States. The percentage of Oregon ash is 

 insignificant. If the cut .of ash for slack cooperage were included, 

 green ash would be just ahead of white ash. These tables show 

 white ash to be the important species in New England, the Middle 

 Atlantic, and the Central States; green ash in the South Atlantic 

 States, the lower Mississippi Valley, and in Iowa, Kansas, Ne- 

 braska, and South Dakota; and black ash in the Lake States — 

 Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Over half the total supply of 

 white ash comes from the Central States; 70 per cent of the green 

 ash comes from the lower Mississippi Valley, and 71.5 per cent of 

 the black ash from the Lake States. Over 60 per cent of the total 

 supply of ash comes from the Central and lower Mississippi Valley 

 States, 19 per cent from the Lake States, 13 per cent from New 

 England and Middle Atlantic States, and only 5.7 per cent from 

 the South Atlantic States. 



The areas of heaviest lumber production of ash in the United 

 States are indicated by Plate I (map showing the cut of ash by 

 counties for the year 1910.) 



CONSUMPTION OF ASH BY WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES AND ITS VALUE 



FOR DIFFERENT USES. 



Practically all of the ash lumber reported by the United States 

 Census is consumed in different wood-using industries. The high 

 value and scarcity of the wood precludes its use in general con- 

 struction work. Investigations by the Forest Service indicate that a 

 larger amount of ash was used in the wood-manufacturing industries 

 than the census figures report as being manufactured into lumber 

 and cooperage stock. This is probably due to the manufacture of 

 handles, butter tubs, and vehicle stock directly from logs and bolts. 

 In round numbers, 22 per cent of the ash used in industries goes 

 into handles; 20 per cent into butter- tub staves and headings; 15 per 



