PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1916. 



and an additional 624 mills cutting loss than 50,000 feel of tumber 

 each. North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania also li;i\ <■ a lingo 

 number of mills which fall into class 1. 



Since no vast bodies of un exploited timber remain to be opened 

 up, the relative importance of the producing regions is likely to con- 

 tinue unchanged for several years. 



Table 2. — Reported production of lumber 1909, 1912, 1913, 191 4, and computed totals 

 1915 and 1916, by classes of mills. 





Mills. 



Quai ted. 



Classes. 





Number 











Year. 



report- 

 ing. 



.Percent. 



Feet B. M. 



Percent. 





(i 1909 

 1912 



42,041 

 29,005 



100.00 



100. 00 



44,384,705,000 

 39,158,414,000 



100.00 





100. 00 





1913 



21,668 



100.00 



38,387,0 



100.00 





1914 



27, 506 



100.00 



37,346,023,000 







2 1915 



29,951 



100.00 



37,011,656,000 



loo.oo 





2 1916 



30,081 



100.00 



39,807,251,000 





Class 5 — 10,000,000 feet and over per year.... 



1909 



888 



2.11 



19,126, 223,000 



43.09 





1912 



926 



3.19 



21, 259, 274, 000 



54.29 





1913 



974 



4.50 



23,211,667,000 



60.47 





1914 



867 



3.15 



20,934,446,000 



56.06 





2 1915 



846 



2.82 



20, 669, 746, 000 



55.84 





2 1916 



925 



3.08 



23,310,137,000 



58.56 





f 1909 



783 



1.86 



5,291,606,000 



11.92 





1912 



608 



2.10 



4,311,063,000 



11.01 





1913 



740 



3.41 



4,303,122,000 



11.21 





1914 



547 



1.99 



3.910,370,000 



10.47 





21915 



453 



1.51 



3,224,448,000 



8.71 





2 1916 



484 



1.61 



3,513,767,000 



8.82 



Class 3—1,000,000 to 4,999,000 feet per year 



f 1909 



5,443 



12.95 



10,068,592,000 



22.69 





1912 



3,747 



12.92 



7,009,608,000 



17.90 





1913 



3,265 



15.07 



6, 319, 753, 000 



16.46 





1914 



3,291 



11.97 



6, 078, 730, 000 



16.28 





2 1915 



3,191 



10.65 



6,201,864,000 



16.76 





2 1916 



3,041 



10.11 



5,858,675,000 



14.72 



Class 2 -600,000 to 999,000 feet per year 



' 1909 



6,468 



15.39 



4, 315, 636, 000 

 2,951,068,000 



9.72 





1912 



4,420 



15.24 



7.54 





1913 



3,14S 



14. 53 



2,049,642,000 



5.34 





1914 



4,261 



15.49 



2,780,184,000 



7.44 





2 1915 



4,198 



14.02 



2,941,264,000 



7.95 





s 1916 



4,594 



15.27 



3,096,760,000 



7.73 



Class 1 — 50,000 to 499,000 feet per year 



' 1909 



28,459 

 19, 304 



67.69 



5, 582, 738, 000 

 3,627,401,000 



12. 58 





1912 



66.55 



9.26 





1913 



13,541 



62.49 



2,502,825,000 



6.52 





1914 



18,540 



67.40 



3,642,293,000 



9.75 





2 1915 



21,263 



70.99 



3,974.334,000 



10. 74 





2 1916 



21,037 



69.93 



4,027,912,000 



10.12 



1 The total for 1909 differs from that shown in other tables because 4,543 mills cutting 124,966,000 feet, or 

 less than 50,000 feet each, are omitted above. 



2 The data here shown for both 1915 and 1916 are computed totals by classes of mills. 



