BULLETIN OF THE 



No. 232 



Contribution from the Forest Service, Henry S. Graves, Forester, in coopera 



tion with the Bureau of Crop Estimates, Leon M. Estabrook, Chief. 



June 26, 1915. 



(PROFESSIONAL PAPER.) 



THE PRODUCTION OF LUMBER IN 1913. 



By the Office of Industrial Investigations. 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction 1 



Yellow pine 9 



Douglas fir.. 10 



Oak 11 



White pine 12 



Hemlock 13 



Western pine 14 



Cypress 14 



Spruce 15 



Maple 15 



Red gum 16 



Yellow poplar 16 



Redwood .' 17 



Chestnut 17 



Larch 18 



Birch 18 



Beech 19 



Cedar 19 



Basswood 20 



Elm 21 



Cottonwood 22 



Ash 23 



Hickory 23 



Sugar pine 24 



Tupelo 24 



Balsam fir 25 



White fir 25 



Walnut 26 



Sycamore 26 



Lodgepole pine 27 



Minor species 27 



Detailed summary 29 



INTRODUCTION. 



This bulletin presents statistics showing the production of lumber 

 in the United States in 1913. A preliminary report issued in 1914 

 gave the basic information obtained in this census and it is the pur- 

 pose of this publication to complete the record through a much more 

 detailed presentation of the figures. 



For several years previous to 1913 lumber production statistics 

 were collected by the Bureau of the Census in cooperation with the 

 Forest Service, but the figures for 1913 were collected by the Bureau 

 of Crop Estimates of the Department of Agriculture in cooperation 

 with the Forest Service. The work will be resumed by the Bureau of 

 the Census for 1914. 



It was necessary to rely chiefly upon correspondence in securing 

 reports from the mills. As in former years, the New York statistics 

 were furnished by the Conservation Commission of that State. 



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