PRODUCTION OP LUMBER, LATH, AND SHING] ES I . I 'J L6. 27 



The computed total cut for 1916 is given as 4 L0,000,000 feef , which 

 is 10,000,000 feet loss than for the preceding year. 



Consistent with the decreased cut was the depressed average miJl 

 value of $15.24 per 1,000 feet, a drop from $16.10 per 1,000 feet in 



1915. 



Table 22. — Reported -production of cedar lumber, 1916. 



[Computed total production in United States, ■110,000,000 feet b. in.] 



Number of 

 active 

 mills re- 

 porting. - 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Percent. 



A verago 



f. o. i< .mill. 



United States 



Washington 



Oregon 



Idaho 



Virginia 



California 



Maine 



North Carolina 



Tennessee 



Michigan 



Wisconsin : 



All other States (see summary, p. 3S) 



23 



47 

 71 

 36 

 82 

 31 

 41 

 177 



Feel b. m. 

 322,003,000 



100.0 



155,532,000 

 46,138,000 

 35,981,000 



21,230,000 

 16, 587, 000 

 9,582,000 



6,KK3.< 



6, 675, 000 

 6, 369, 000 

 5,034,000 

 11,992,000 



48.3 

 14.3 

 11.2 



6.6 



5.1 



3.0 



2.1+ 



2.1- 



2.0 



1.6 



3.7 



SI 5. 24 



13. 46 

 15.35 



10.32 

 80.61 

 13.05 

 16. VS 

 18.48 

 30.74 

 14.04 

 15.39 



BEECH. 



Beech (Fagus atro'punicea) is another one of the hardwoods in which 

 annual statistics show a tapering off in production during the last 

 10 years. The cut in 1916 was 6.7 per cent less than that in 1915. 

 The total reported output for 1916 was 283,363,000 feet. 



The lessened output was apparent in nearly every one of the 

 States listed in the accompanying table, with the exception of 

 Michigan, which cut approximately 330,000 feet more than in 1915, 

 and Indiana, which moved from sixth into third place in production 

 rank. 



The average mill value for 1916 was $16.20; in 1915 it was SI 4.01. 



Table 23. — -Reported production of beech lumber, 1916. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 300,000,000 feet b. m.] 



Number of 

 active 

 mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Percent. 



Average 

 ■ I 

 M feet, 

 f . o. b. mill. 



United States 



Michigan 



Pennsylvania 



Indiana 



West Virginia 



New York 



Ohio 



Kentucky 



Vermont 



Tennessee 



New Hampshire 



All other States (see summary, p. 3S) 



3,162 



194 

 444 

 366 

 209 

 552 

 37S 

 254 

 165 

 170 

 58 

 372 



Feet 6. m. 

 2S3,363,000 



66, 316, 000 



38,712,000 



37, 0S2, 000 



35,634,000 



30, 350, 000 



22, 777, 000 



17,170,000 



9,345,000 



7,411,000 



5, 153, 000 



13,413,000 



100.0 



$16 20 



23.4 



16.50 



13.7 



16.75 



13.1 



18.53 



12. 3 



14.66 



10.7 



17. 13 



8.0 



16.07 



6.1 



13.10 



3.3 



15.88 



2.6 



13. 7S 



1.8 



14.04 



4.7 









