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BULLETIN G73, U. S. MLNT OF AGRICULTURE. 



SUGAR PINE. 



agar pine (JPirms lainbcrtiaiia) production in 1916 was the largest 

 for iiiiv one year for which data are recorded. It totaled '169,247,000 

 an increase in Itself of 47 per cent over the quantity reported cut 

 in 1915. The figures are those for 65 mills, in comparison with 42 

 mills which reported in 1915. To the larger number of operations 

 may be attributed the greater proportion of the much swelled output, 

 though apparently the mills found it expedient to enlarge their cut. 



The average mill value of $16.77 per 1,000 feet is slightly under the 

 1915 value. 



Table 30. — Reported production of sugar pine lumber, 1916. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 169,250,000 feet b.m.J 



Number of 

 active 

 mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Percent. 



Average 



value per 



Mfeet, 



f. o. b. mill. 



United States 



California 



Oregon 



65 



Feet b. m. 

 169, 247, 000 



100.0 



165,461,000 

 3,786,000 



97.8 

 2.2 



16.87 

 12.53 



HICKORY. 



Hickory lumber production in 1915 showed little change from that 

 reported for the two years preceding. The 1916 reported cut of 

 93,454,000 feet is 8.6 per cent in excess of the cut of the year before. 

 Five species are cut hi the main — shagbark (Hicoria ovata) , shellbark 

 (Hicoria laciniosa), pignut (Hicoria glabra), bitternut (Hicoria 

 minima), and mockernut (Hicoria alba). The quantity of hickory 

 cut into lumber or plank has substantially decreased in the last 

 few years, since the principal consumers want the material cut into 

 dimension stock; it is also generally realized that the supply of 

 hickory timber is diminishing. 



The average value of hickory as reported by the mills was $23.84 

 per 1,000 feet; in 1915 it was $23.35. 



Table 31. — Reported production of hickory lumber, 1916. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 125,000,000 feet b. m.] 



Number of 

 active 

 mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Percent. 



Average 

 value per 



M feet, 

 f. o. b. mill. 



United States 



• 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



■. irgiiiia 



Kentucky 



Indiana 



Mississippi 



Ohio 



Louisiana 



Missouri 



Pennsylvania 



All other States (see summary, p. 38) 



2,500 



Feet b. m. 

 93,454,000 



100.0 



$23. 84 



135 



217 



209 



179 



270 



68 



322 



31 



93 



228 



742 



13,311,000 

 12,013,000 

 9,909,000 

 9,788,000 

 7, 639, 000 

 6,700,000 

 6,. "".,000 

 4,370,000 

 4. Oil".. 000 



3,310,000 



15, 770, 000 



14.2 

 12.9 

 10.6 

 10.5- 



8.2 



7.2 



7.0 



4.7 



4.3 



3.5+ 

 16.9 



25. 39 

 25.08 

 20.41 

 20.03 

 88. S4- 

 2'). 01 

 86. 43 

 20. 06 

 29.11 

 21.30 



