THE PRODUCTION OF LUMBER IN 1913. 



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ASH. 



Of more than a dozen species of ash growing in the United States 

 three kinds of ash are important sources of lumber. White ash 

 (Fraxinus americana) is the most valuable and is cut mostly in the 

 central hardwood States and Northeast and to some extent in the Lake 

 States. A great deal of the ash lumber cut in the Lake States comes 

 from the black ash (Fraxinus nigra), while the same species is cut 

 to considerable extent in the Northeast. Green ash (Fraxinus lan- 

 ceolata) is the principal source of ash lumber in the Southern States. 

 In the Pacific Coast States Oregon ash (Fraxinus oregona) is some- 

 times cut, while red ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) is used to a limited 

 extent in the East. 



Table 25. — Ash lumber sawed. 



State. 



Number 

 of active 

 mills re- 



Quantity 

 (M feet 

 b. m.). 



porting. 



3,348 



207,816 



92 



31,019 



170 



22,943 



47 



17,473 



233 



15,517 



295 



12, 967 



184 



12, 858 



87 



10, 969 



927 



9,928 



65 



9,914 



82 



9,761 



161 



9,066 



184 



8,681 



186 



5,742 



92 



3,514 



20 



3,371 



23 



3,088 



500 



21,005 



Per cent 

 of distri- 

 bution. 



United States 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



Louisiana 



Indiana 



Ohio 



Wisconsin 



Missouri 



New York 



Mississippi 



West Virginia 



Kentucky 



Michigan 



Pennsylvania 



Maine 



Texas 



Georgia 



All other States * . 



100.0 



14.9 

 11.0 

 8.4 

 7.5 

 6.2 

 6.2 

 5.3" 

 4.8 

 4.8 

 4.7 

 4.3 

 4.2 

 2.8 

 1.7 

 1.6 

 1.5 

 10.1 



i Includes establishments distributed as follows: Alabama, 18; California, 1; Connecticut, 51; Delaware, 

 1; Florida, 8; Illinois, 41; Iowa, 14; Kansas ; 1; Maryland, 6; Massachusetts, 32; Minnesota, 67; New 

 Hampshire, 21; New Jersey, 6; North Carolina, 65; Oklahoma, 17; Oregon, 4; Rhode Island, 6; South 

 Carolina, 13; Vermont, 90; and Virginia, 38. 



HICKORY. 



Ten or more kinds of hickory are cut in this country, and the 

 trees grow naturally nowhere else in the world. The wood of all 

 species is valuable, but most of that in use is cut from five or six 

 species, which are shagbark (Hicoria ovata), shellbark (Eicoria lacini- 

 osa) , pignut (Hicoria glabra) , bitternut (Hicoria minima) , and mock- 

 ernut (Hicoria alba). One or more of these hickories are found in 

 every State in the eastern part of the United States, and the wood 

 is also abundant in Missouri and Arkansas. The hickory growing 

 in the Ohio Valley and along tributary streams supplies the bulk of 

 that in use. The industries which use the largest quantities of 

 hickory secure it in the form of blanks, squares, or billets, rather 

 than in the form of lumber. 



