PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, A N l> Slli: FGH L016. 9 



quadrupled in the same period. Many of the other States hare 

 increased their production during the last decade, including Missis- 

 sippi, Oregon, North Carolina, Alabama, and Florida, Conversely, 

 production in 1916 shows a decline from, that of 1007 in Texas, Wis- 

 consin, Michigan, Minnesota, Arkansas, Virginia, West Virginia, 

 Maine, and Pennsylvania, though the decline is not so great as might 

 be expected under conditions of continued heavy cutting. 



Table 5. — Total number of active sawmills reporting and quantity of lumber reported or 

 computed, by Slates, 1899-1916. 



1916 (30,081 

 mills). 1 



1915 (29,951 

 mills). 1 



1914(27,566 



mills). 2 



1913(21,868 



mills). 



Total. 



Washington 



Louisiana 



Mississippi 



Oregon 



North Carolina. 



Texas 



Arkansas.. 

 Alabama. . 

 Wisconsin. 

 Florida.... 



California 



Virginia 



Michigan 



West Virginia, 

 Minnesota 



Georgia 



Maine 



South Carolina. 



Idaho 



Pennsylvania . . 



Tennessee 



Kentucky 



New York 



New Hampshire . 

 Montana 



Ohio 



Indiana 



Missouri 



Oklahoma 



Massachusetts. 



Vermont 



Arizona 



New Mexico. 

 Maryland . . . 

 Colorado 



Connecticut... 



Illinois 



' New Jersey . . . 

 South Dakota. 

 Iowa 



Wyoming 



Rhode Island . . . 



Delaware 



Utah 



Kansas 



All other States . 



Feet b. to. 

 3 39, 807, 251, 000 



Feet b. m. 

 5 37,011,05(1,000 



4,494,000,000 

 4,200,000,000 

 2, 730, 000, 000 

 2,222,000,000 

 2,100,000,000 



2, 100, 000, 000 

 1,910,000,000 

 1,720,000,000 

 1,000,000,000 

 1, 425, 000, 000 



4 1, 420, 000, 000 

 1, 335, 000, 000 

 1, 230, 000, 000 

 1,220,000.000 

 1,220,000,000 



1,000,000,000 

 935; 000. 000 

 857,000,000 

 849, 600, 000 

 750,000,000 



700,000,000 

 525, 000, 000 

 400,000,000 

 385, 000, 000 

 383, 900, 000 



2S0, 000, 000 

 270,000,000 



2110,000,000 

 240, 000, 000 

 210, 000, 000 



200,000,000 

 93,270,000 

 91. 600, 000 

 90; 237, 000 

 77, 580, 000 



75,000,000 

 60,000,000 

 40, 000; 000 

 29, 050, 000 

 20,000,000 



18,495,000 

 18,000,000 

 12,000,000 

 9, 385, 000 

 534, 000 



Feet b. to. 

 3 37,346,023,000 



Feet b. to. 

 3 38,387,009,000 



3,950,000,000 

 3,900,000,000 

 2', 300,0i)i), r,i ;0 

 1,690,000,000 

 2,090,000,000 



1,750,000,000 

 1,800,000,000 

 1, 500, 000, 000 

 1,210,000,000 

 1,110,000,000 



4 1,130,000,000 

 1, 500, 000, 000 

 1,100,000,000 

 1,100,000,000 

 1, 100, 000, 000 



1,000,000,000 



1,000,000,000 



800,000,000 



777, 000, 000 



950,000,000 



800,000,000 

 560,000,"000 



475, 000, 000 

 500, 000. 000 

 328, 000, 000 



400,000.000 

 350, 000, 000 

 350,000,000 

 230, 000, 000 

 250,000,000 



260, 000, 000 

 75,915,000 

 65,787.000 



165, 000; 000 

 74, 500, 000 



90,000,000 

 110,000,000 

 45, 000, 000 

 22, 562, 000 

 35,000,000 



17,000,000 

 15, 000, 000 

 25, 000', 000 

 10, 892; 000 



3,9411,189,000 

 3,956,434,060 



2,280,966,000 

 1,817,875,000 

 2,227,854,000 



1,554,005,000 

 1,796,780,000 

 1, 494, 732, 000 

 1,391,001,000 

 1,073,S21,000 



1,303,183,000 

 1,483,070,000 

 1, 214, 435, 000 

 1,118,480,000 

 1,312,230,000 



1,026,191,000 

 992, 594, 000 

 701,540,000 

 763, 508, 000 

 864, 710, 000 



885,035,000 

 596,392,000 

 486,195,000 

 482,744,000 

 317, 842, 000 



288,063,000 



298,571,000 

 370,571.000 

 200, 594, 000 

 143,094,000 



249,608,000 

 78, 6.'i7; 000 

 57, 167, 000 

 162,097,000 

 102,117,000 



81, 883, 000 

 66,227.000 

 48,748,000 

 IS. 744, 000 

 Hi 443, 000 



11,852,000 

 15,902,000 

 25,517.000 

 8,6SO,000 



( 5 ) 



6 15, 672, 0C0 



4,592,053,000 

 4,KU,560,000 

 2,610,581,000 

 2,098,407,000 

 1,957,258,000 



2,081,471,000 

 1,911 ' 



1,523,936,000 

 1,493,353,000 

 1,055,047,000 



1,183,380,000 

 1,273,953,000 

 i; 222. 983, 000 

 1,249,559,000 

 1, 149, 704, 000 



844,254,000 

 834:673,000 

 752,184,000 



652; 616, 000 

 7S1,547,000 



872,311,000 

 541,531.000 

 457,720,000 

 309,424,000 

 357, 974, 000 



414,943.000 

 332, 993; 000 

 416,608,000 

 140,2S4,000 

 224,580,000 



194,647,000 

 77.363,000 

 65,81S,000 



140;469,000 

 74,602,000 



93,730.000 



102.902,000 



27,248,000 



19,103,000 



21,676,000 



12,940.000 

 14,984,000 

 18,039,000 

 5.403,000 



6 19, 461, 000 



1 Figures shown are computed totals. 



2 Custom mills excluded. 



3 Mills cutting less than 50,000 feet per year excluded. 

 * Includes cut of 2 mills in Nevada. 



5 Kansas and Nebraska mills reported less than 50,000 feet each, and these States are therefore omitted. 



6 Includes Kansas, Nebraska, and Nevada. 



