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BULLETIN 673, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ging sections. The computed total cut of the country, however, is 

 1,000,000,000 feet, v.h'u-h is 9 per cent less than for 1915. 



The average f. o. b. mill value advanced from §19.85 in 1915 to 

 $20.S5 per 1,000 feet in 1916. 



T a hi.!-. ! 4 .—Reported production of cyp -ess lumber, 1916. 

 [C mputcil total production in United Stales, 1,000,000,000 feet b. ra.] 





Number of 

 aetive 



mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Per cent. 



Average 

 value per 



M feet, 

 f. o. b. mill. 





72G 



Fed b. m. 



945,3.50,000 



100.0 



$20. 85— 









97 

 42 

 64 

 3S 



137 

 50 

 90 

 74 



134 



527, 425, 000 

 188, 799, 000 

 54.305.000 

 44,S10,000 

 30,347,000 



25', 500, 000 

 17,417,000 

 25, 172, 000 



55.8 

 20.0 



5.8 



4.7 



3.8 



2.7+ 



2.7- 



1.8 



2.7 



21.45 







Georgia 



22.24 

 20.00 

 17.14 



Arkansas 



Missouri 



North Carolina 



18. 02 



10.55 

 15. 05 

 22. 18 











MAPLE. 



Hard or sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and silver maple (Acer 

 saccliarinum) are the two species chiefly lumbered in the Northern 

 States, and red maple (Acer ruhrum) in the Southern States. 



The quantity actually reported cut in 1916 was 809,341,000 feet, 

 an increase of 4.9 per cent over the 1915 figures. The cut of maple 

 has remained almost uniform during a period of 10 years. Michigan 

 continues to put out more maple lumber than any other one of the 

 States, the proportion being 45 per cent of the total for the country. 



The computed total production was 975,000,000 feet; the previous 

 year it was 900,000,000 feet. 



There was an advance in the f. o. b. mill value during the year 

 of 83.03 to an average of $18.24. 



Table 15. — Reported production of maple lumber, 1916. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 975,000,000 feet b. m.] 





Number of 

 active 

 mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Percent. 



Average 



value per 



M feet. 



f . o. b. mill. 





4, 131 



Feet b. m. 

 809, 341, 000 



100.0 



f 18. 24 









271 

 278 

 208 

 840 

 453 

 359 

 321 

 210 

 85 

 1,094 



305, 450, 000 

 140,480,000 

 70, 900, 000 

 50,551,000 

 43, 422, 000 

 25; 733, 000 

 19,730,000 

 18, 405, COO 

 10,000,000 

 53, 514, 000 



45.2 

 18.1 

 8.8 

 6.2 

 5.4 

 3.2 

 2.4 

 2.3 

 1.2 

 7.2 



18.90 





10. 15 





19.11 





19.90 



i 'enni ydvania 



17.44 



Ohio..' 



18.40 



Indiana 



22.31 



V< Till. , i T 



18.22 



Virginia 



10.91 











