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BULLETIN 673, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



United Stales as a whole has been well sustained during the last 

 seven years. 



The computed cut was placed at 2,350,000,000 feet, an increase of 

 75, 000, 000 feet, or about 3 per cent. 



While 3,538 mills reported their cut, this number is 201 less than 

 foi the previous report. 



The average f. o. b. mill value advanced from $13.14 to $15.35, or 

 52.21, the largest increases being in the eastern product. 



WESTERN YELLOW PINE. 



Western yellow pine (Pinus ponderosa) , which is cut in practically 

 j ach one of the Western States, gained nearly 35 per cent in reported 

 ">roduction in 1916 over the previous year, the figures being 1,684,- 

 )87,000 feet and 1,252,244,000 feet, respectively. The noteworthy 

 ncrease is largely accounted for by Oregon's cut being almost twice 

 is great as in 1915. Oregon ranked third in the list of producing 

 States in 1915 and cut approximately 15 per cent of the total quantity 

 )f western yellow pine reported for all States; in 1916 this State sup- 

 planted Idaho in second place in the list with 24 per cent of the total 

 jut to its credit. With the exception of Colorado, the output hi all 

 )f the other States was accelerated. The largely increased cut of 

 vestern yellow pine places that wood in sixth place according to 

 quantity produced for all species, displacing spruce in that position. 



The computed total output of 1,690,000,000 feet for the country 

 s an increase of 31 per cent over 1915. 



The average value of the lumber f. o. b. mill for 1916 is $14.52; the 

 jrear before it was $14.32. 



Table 12. — Reported 'production of western yellow pine hanber, 1916. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 1,690,000,000 feet b. in.] 



Number of 

 active 

 mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Percent. 



Average 



value per 



Mfeet, 



f . o. b. mill. 



United States 



California 



Jrnt'on 



Idaho 



A' ashing on 



\i <>ntana 







sew Mexico 



'olora'lo 



louth I 'akota 



VII other States (see summary, p. 38) 



Feet b. m. 

 1,684,987,000 



100.0 



S14. 52 



133 

 163 

 118 

 119 

 65 

 16 

 51 

 52 

 25 

 45 



494, 973, 000 



399, 102, 000 



240, 1G0, 000 



188, 215, 000 



138,206,000 



92,133,000 



72, 004, 000 



27,848,000 



25, tee, 080 



6, 880, 000 



29.4 

 23.7 

 14.2 

 11.2 



8.2 



5.5 



4.3 



1.6 



1.5+ 

 .4 



15.40 

 13-75 

 14.47 

 12.94- 

 14.76 

 15.80 

 13.50 

 13.96 

 19.05 



SPRUCE. 



Red spruce {Picea rub ens) and Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) form 

 he bulk of the spruce production, the former being manufactured in 

 he Xcw England and Appalachian regions and the latter in Washing- 

 ton and Oregon. 



