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BULLETIN 673, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ASH. 



Ash production is largely of three specie? — white ash (Fraxinus 

 americana), black ash (Fraxinus nigra), and green ash (Fraxinus 

 lanceolata) — though trade customs characterize the species as white 

 ash and brown ash, the latter being the black ash. The white ash 

 is found largely in the central hardwood region, the New England 

 .States, and the Lake States. Black ash is cut in the Lake States* 

 The Southern States provide the green ash. 



The older settled States are being displaced as the principal 

 sources of supply for ash, Arkansas and Louisiana now ranking 

 first and second, respectively, with Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan 

 taking lesser rank. 



The reported cut in 1916 was 156,204,000 feet. This quantity is 

 2.3 per cent less than the 1915 reported cut. 



The computed cut of 210,000,000 feet indicates but a small reduc- 

 tion from the output of the country during the last five years. 



The average mill value of ash in 1916 was $23.85. 



Table 27. — Reported production of ash lumber, 1916. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 210,000,000 feet b. m.] 



Number of 

 active 

 mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Percent. 



Average 



value per 



M feet, 



f. o. b. null. 



United States 



Arkansas 



Louisiana 



Wisconsin 



Tennessee 



Mississippi 



Indiana 



West Virginia 



Ohio 



New Y ork 



Michigan 



All other States (see summary, p. 38) 



3,493 



Fed b. to. 

 156,204,000 



100.0 



107 

 57 

 210 

 180 

 86 

 237 

 128 

 292 

 647 

 180 

 1,369 



23,117,000 

 16,175,000 

 13,621,000 

 12,020,000 

 8,524,000 

 8,190,000 

 7, 710, 000 

 7,476,000 

 7,359,000 

 7,273,000 

 44, 739, 000 



14.8 

 10. 1 



8.7 



7.7 



5.5- 



5.2 



4.9 



4.8 



4.7+ 



4.7- 

 28.6 



$23.85- 



22.43 

 23.50 

 21.46 

 25.90 

 24.97 

 31.07 

 25.57 

 31.12 

 25.10 

 22.53 



COTTONWOOD. 



Cottonwood, produced largely in the lower Mississippi Valley 

 States, is of several related species. The greater portion of the 

 cut is the common cottonwood (Populus deltoides). 



Of the reported cut of 134,980,000 feet in 1916 nearly two-thirds 

 was sawed by mills in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Statis- 

 tics show the output of cottonwood has dwindled during the last 

 10 years. Between 1915 and 1916 the decrease was 2.4 per cent. 



The average mill value of $17.42 is but a few cents higher than 

 the value established for the year previous. 



