UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 





| BULLETIN No. 673 #A 



Contribution from the Forest Service 

 HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester 



Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



April 19, 1918 



PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES 



IN 1916. 



By Franklin H. Smith and Albert H. Pierson, Statisticians in Forest Products. 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction 



Total lumber production 



Lumber production by classes of mills. 



Cut and capacity of reporting mills 



Lumber production by States 



Lumber production by kinds of wood. 



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Lumber production by species 14 



Yellow pine. 



Douglas fir 



Oak 



White pine 



Hemlock 



Western yellow pine. 

 Spruce 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



20 



Cypress 21 



22 



23 



23 



24 



24 



25 



Maple 



Red gum 



Yellow poplar. 



Chestnut 



Redwood 



Larch 



Pago. 



Lumber production by species — Continued. 



Birch 25 



Cedar 26 



Beech 27 



Tupelo 28 



Basswood 28 



Elm. 29 



Ash 30 



Cottonwood 30 



White fir l 



Sugar pine 32 



Hickory 32 



Balsam fir 33 



Walnut ; 33 



Sycamore 34 



Lodgepole pine 34 



Minor species 35 



Lath. 35 



Shingles 36 



Lumber values 37 



Detailed summary 33 



INTRODUCTION. 



In this bulletin, which is one of an annual series covering the 

 period 1904 to 1916, inclusive, with the exception of 1914, are 

 detailed statistics on the 1916 production of lumber, lath, and 

 shingles. A detailed summary of the 1914 lumber production is 

 given in Bulletin 506, which contains the figures for 1915. Prelimi- 

 nary statements issued in April, 1917, summarized the production 

 statistics for 1916. This bulletin details the 1916 data and presents 

 comparative figures from the annual reports for earlier periods. 



Note.— Acknowledgment is made for assistance in the compilation and review of this bulletin to R. S. 

 Kellogg, secretary of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association: A. B. Strough, New York Con- 

 servation Commission; and to H. N. Knowlton, Miss Frances R. Waters, Quincy Randies, Miss Maud A. 

 Bell, Asa L. Brower, C. A. Kupfer, H. B. Oakleaf, and C. W. Gould, of the Forest Service. 

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