PRODUCTION OF LUMBKU, I. ATM, AXI) SllfXCI.KS IX i:»!0, 33 



BALSAM FIR. 



The production of balsam fir (Abies balsamea), also known simply 

 as balsam, was increased 36 per cent in 1916 in comparison with the 

 reported cut for the year before. The total cut reported 

 97,165,000 feet. 



The computed cut of 125,000,000 feet marks an almost unbroken 

 advance in the production of this species, which was regarded as of 

 little worth when other woods were more abundant. 



The average mill value of $16.49 per 1,000 feet is an increase of 

 52.70 over the year previous. 



Table 32. — Reported production of balsam fir lumber, 1916. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 125,000,000 feet 1). m.] 





Number of 

 active 



mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



i 



rage 

 vain- 

 M fe 

 f. o. b. mill. 



United States 



578 



Feet b. in. 

 97. 105.000 



100.0 



816. 49 









241 

 70 

 47 



103 

 32 

 40 

 8 

 37 



53, 781, 000 

 16j 320, 000 

 10,373,000 

 8,042,000 

 4, 854, 000 

 1, 726, 000 

 1, 293, 000 

 770, 000 



55. 4 

 16. 7 

 10.7 

 8.3 

 5.0 

 1.8 

 1.3 

 .8 



r n a 





14. n 









17.49 





10.7. - . 





K.37 



Massachusetts 



All other States (see summary, p. 38) 



14.50 





WALNUT. 



Walnut (Juglans nigra) production was stimulated in 1916 nearly 

 as much as it was the year before to meet the continued excepl ionally 

 heavy demand for gunstock material, but the cut reported fell short 

 by 6 per cent of the 1915 figures. The reported output was 61,167,000 

 feet and the computed cut 90,000,000 feet. With the exception of 

 Kentucky and Iowa, the States listed in the tabulation reported a 

 decreased cut in comparison with the output of the year before, 

 which would confirm the belief generally shared by lumbermen that 

 heavy inroads have been made upon the available supply of the 

 common black walnut. 



Table 33. — Reported production of walnut lumber, 1916. 

 [Computed total production in United States, 90,000,000 feet b. in.] 



Number of 

 active 

 mills re- 

 porting. 



Quantity re- 

 ported. 



Percent. 



Ave;',;* 



value per 



Mfeet, 



f. o. b. mill. 



United States 



Missouri 



Indiana 



Tennessee 



Kentucky 



lovra 



Ohio 



Illinois 



"West Virginia 



Virginia 



All other States (see summary, p. 38) 



Feet b. ;?:. 

 61,167,000 



73 



203 

 144 

 153 

 32 

 160 

 20 

 96 

 54 

 269 



12.140.000 

 10,691,000 



8,658,000 

 8,138,000 

 6,497.000 



6,026.000 

 3,169.000 

 2,253.000 

 1,334,000 

 2,261,000 



100.0 



$42. 33 



19. S 

 17.4 

 14.2 

 13.3 

 10.6 

 9.9 

 5.2 

 3.7 

 2. 2 

 3^7 



40. o3 

 43.95 



36. 37 



37. IS 

 57. 26 

 40.63 

 44.46 

 34. 63 

 23. 66 



