PRODUCTION OE LUMBEJtt, LATH, AND BHOTGLES US 1916. 25 



The tabulation shows an increase <si two mills in (he, number 

 reporting and a total cut of 490,828,006 feet, or 17 per cent more I ban 

 the quantity reported cut in 1915. The figure given is believed lo 

 include practically all redwood lumber manufactured. 



The average mill value of $13.93 per 1,000 feet was an advance 

 of 39 cents per 1,000 feet over the 1915 value. 



Table 19. — Reported production of redwood lumber, 191 G. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 490,850,000 feel h. m.] 





Number of 

 ael i ve 

 mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Percent. 



" per 

 M feet, 

 f. o. b. mill. 





34 



Feet b. m. 

 490, 828, 000 



100.0 



$13.93 





California 



34 



490, 828, 000 



100.0 



13. 93 





Western larch (Larix occidentalis) and tamarack (Larix laric°"'i) 

 are the two species of larch cut in the Western and Eastern States, 

 respectively, the output reported in 1916 aggregating 376,731,000 

 feet. This is an increase of 8.1 per cent over the cut of 1915, and is 

 in line with the annual production of the last 10 years. 



Montana mills sawed nearly 50,000,000 feet more in 1916 than the 

 year before, bringing up that State's proportion of the total output 

 of the country from 33 to 43 per cent. The cut in both Minnesota 

 and Oregon was less by nearly one-half than in 1915. 



The average value f. o. b. mill for 1916 was $12.49, an advance of 

 $1.71 over the value for the previous year. 



Table 20. — Reported production of larch lumber, 1916. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 455,000,000 feet b. m.] 





Number of 

 active mills 

 reporting. 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Percent. 



Average 

 value per 



Mieet, 

 f.o.b. mill. 





559 



Feet b. m. 

 376,731,000 



100.0 



S12. 49 









33 



50 



138 



46 



113 



104 



13 



62 



163.829,000 



107.S27,000 



32; 607, 000 



30,534,000 



16.568,000 



15,557,000 



8,478.000 



1.331,000 



43.4 

 28.6 

 8.7 

 8.1 

 4.4 

 4.1 

 2.3 

 .4 



12.87 





10.69 





15. ^1 





y.78 





15.99 





15.53 





12.00 











BIRCH. 



Yellow birch (Betula lutea) and sweet or cherry birch (Bctid<i Jenta) 

 are the two species which constitute, the bulk of the birch production 

 of the country. The reported cut in 1916 reached a total of 365,- 

 943,000 feet, which exceeds the 1915 cut by 3 per cent. 



