PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IX L916. 31 



Table 28. — Reported production of cottonwood lumber, 1016. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 200,000,000 feet b. in.] 



United States 



Mississippi 



Arkansas 



Louisiana 



Minnesota 



Missouri 



Alabama 



Tennessee 



Michigan 



Iowa 



All other States (see summary, p 



Number of 

 active 

 mills re- 

 porting. 



42 

 49 

 33 

 74 

 54 

 24 

 28 

 37 

 42 

 537 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Feet b. m. 

 134,980,000 



85,398,000 

 27,524,000 

 18,405,000 

 11,863,000 



5,331,000 

 4,095,000 

 3,699,000 

 2,831,000 

 2,566,000 

 23,265,000 



Percent. 



100. 



26. 2 



20. ■; 



13.6 

 8.8 

 4.0 

 3.0 

 2.8 

 2.1 

 1.9 



17.2 



Average 



M teet, 

 f. o. b.mlll. 



$17.42 



19.65 



ie ct 



18.79 

 13.29 



20.11 

 15. 28 



1H.71 



13, -J 



20. 37 



WHITE FIR. 



White fir (Abies concolor) statistics as given in this bulletin include 

 several other species which are marketed as white fir, including grand 

 fir (Abies grandis), silver fir (Abies amabilis), noble fir, sometimes 

 erroneously called larch, red fir (Abies magnified), and alpine fir 

 (Abies lasiocarpa) . 



The somewhat remarkable increase of 56 per cent occurred in the 

 1916 over the 1915 reported production, the figures being 189,699,000 

 feet and 121,653,000 feet, respectively. The greater output was 

 general, since the California and Nevada cut as well as that of Oregon 

 was one- third larger. Idaho's cut increased by nearly one-half, while 

 Washington's output was almost three times as much as that reported 

 in 1915. The explanation of the bigger cut is in the fact that with 

 the general increase in lumber prices, white fir sold at a price above 

 the cost of production. Higher values resulted in white fir being 

 logged with other species instead of being left in the woods. 



The average mill value of $12.25 is next to the lowest value sched- 

 uled for any species. 



Table 29. — Reported production of white fir lumber, 1916. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 190,000,000 feet b. m.] 



Number of 

 active 

 mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Average 



value per 



M feet, 



f. o. b. mill. 



United States 



California and Nevada 



Idaho 



Oregon 



Washington 



Montana 



All other States (see summary, p. 38) 



Feet b. m. 

 1S9, 699, 000 



85, 91S. 000 

 60,344,000 

 20,451,000 

 18,042,000 

 3,40S.000 

 1,536,000 



100.0 



45.3 



31.8 



10. S 



9.5 



1.8 



.8 



S12. 25+ 



13.06 

 12.14 

 10.10 

 10. 75 

 13. 77 



