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BULLETIN 1007, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 11.- 



-Average wholesale prices of basswood and yellow poplar for different years 

 and quarter-years, 4/4 inch, No. 1 common grade at Chicago. 



Year. 



1912. 

 1913. 

 1914. 

 1915. 

 1916. 

 1917: 



1918: 



First quarter . .. 

 Second quarter. 

 Third quarter.. 

 Fourth quarter. 



First quarter . . . 

 Second quarter. 

 Third quarter.. 

 Fourth quarter. 



Bass- 

 wood. 



$27. 00 

 28.25 

 27.25 

 26.58 

 28.08 



33.17 



40.17 

 35.67 

 42.67 



43.67 

 45.33 

 48. 50 

 48.50 



Yellow 

 poplar. 



34.71 

 32.67 

 31.25 

 33.25 



34.50 

 38.17 

 39.50 

 41.00 



42.67 

 45.50 

 49.33 

 56.50 



Year. 



1919: 



First quarter.. 



Second quarter 



Third quarter. 



Fourth quarter 

 1920: 



First quarter. . 



Second quarter 



Third quarter. . 



Fourth quarter 

 1921: 



First quarter.. 



Second quarter 



Third quarter. . 



Fourth quarter 



Bass- 

 wood. 



$48. 50 

 49.50 

 54.33 

 61.00 



101.00 

 117.83 

 97.50 

 99.00 



79.00 

 54.00 

 48.00 

 46.00 



Yellow 

 poplar. 



$55. 17 

 56.50 

 63.50 

 72.67 



106.67 

 123.00 

 107. 50 

 86.67 



75.00 

 55.67 

 49.33 

 54.67 



Table 12. — Production of basswood veneer. 





Wood 



used, log 



scale. 



Veneer produced. 



Cost per 

 l,000feet. 



Year. 



Rotary. 



Sawed or T . , 

 sliced. iotai - 



1905 



Mfeet. 

 11,376 

 15,659 

 13, 561 

 11,609 

 13,715 

 11,003 

 11,602 

 11,134 



Msq.ft. 



Msq.ft. 



Msq.ft. 

 82, 925 

 73 4-<3 





1906 



72, 158 

 75, 203 



1 285 



$15. 84 



1907 



1908 



2,790 



77, 993 



18.00 

 20.16 



1909 







20.20 



1910 ; 











1911 









1919 

















Table 13. — Consumption of basswood for veneer, by States and years, in thousand board 



feet. 



State. 



1906 



1907 



1908 



1909 





8,979 

 2,699 

 1,505 

 1,132 

 150 



146 

 25 

 136 

 100 

 24 



7,480 



2,282 



1,377 



620 



365 



720 

 131 

 239 

 64 

 40 



4,929 



1,686 



2,204 



864 



785 



300 

 330 

 246 

 29 

 80 



30 



5,783 





3,660 





1,199 





1,139 





482 



Ohio 



428 





175 





163 





90 





50 





25 





200 

 100 

 152 



10 

 100 



8 



10 





12 



8 





3 



50 



15 

 10 























50 



75 

 50 













260 

 1 























Total 



15,659 



13,561 



11,609 



13, 715 







