PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IX 1916. 37 



LUMBER VALUES. 



The compilation of average lumber values by species emphasizes 

 a number of differences, such as might be expected to exist, between 

 large and small mills, efficient and inefficient equipment and manage- 

 ment, good and poor timber, proximity to and distance from impor- 

 tant markets, and other factors which go to make up the individual 

 operation. Not all of the mills which reported their cut for 1916 

 included average prices, but approximately 50 per cent of the report- 

 ing operators provided information used as the basis for Table 39. 

 Mills operating under every condition in every section of each State 

 contributed the figures from which the average for each species was 

 determined, so that the figures can not be literally applied to the 

 value of the product of a particular mill. 



It is worthy of note that the average value of all species for 1916 

 is $15.32 per 1,000 feet, whereas it was $14.04 in 1915. Each one of 

 the softwoods listed, with the exception of cedar and sugar pine, 

 shows an increase in value over that of the year before, with which 

 the 1916 figure is directly comparable. The same generally higher 

 range of values applies to the hardwoods, among which the recessions 

 are also limited to two — yellow poplar and walnut. While certain 

 variations may appear to the lumberman as contrary to the figures 

 of any one operation in which he may be interested, the values given 

 are unquestionably typical. 



Table 39. — Average value of lumber per thousand feet, b. m., by kinds of wood, for sped' 



fied years, 1899 to 1916. 



Kind of wood. 



1915 19121 1911 



1909 



All kinds 



Softwoods: 



Yellow pine 



Douglas fir 



White pine 



Hemlock 



Spruce 



Western yellow pine 



Cypress 



Redwood 



Cedar 



Larch (tamarack) . . . 



White fir 



Sugar pine 



Balsam fir 



Lodgepoie pine 



Hardwoods: 



Oak 



Maple 



Red gum 



Chestnut 



Yellow poplar 



Birch 



Beech 



Basswood 



Elm 



Ash 



Cottonwood 



Tupelo 



Hickory 



Walnut 



Sycamore 



S15. 32 



$14. 04 



$15.35 



$15.05 



S15.38 



S12. 7f3 



S11.13 



14.33 

 10.78 

 19.16 

 15.35 

 17.58 

 14.52 

 20.85 

 13.93 

 15.24 

 12.49 

 12.25 

 16.77 

 16.49 

 15.13 



20.06 



18.24 

 14.64 

 17. 05 

 21.89 

 19.59 

 16.20 

 21.05 

 19.46 

 23.85 

 17.42 

 13.00 

 23.84 

 42.38 

 14.65 



12.41 

 10.59 

 17.44 

 13.14 

 16.58 

 14.32 

 19. S5 

 13.54 

 16.10 

 10.78 

 10.94 

 17.40 

 13.79 

 13.57 



18.73 

 15.21 

 12.54 

 16.17 

 22.45 

 16.52 

 14.01 

 18.89 

 16. 9S 

 22.15 

 17.36 

 12.25 

 23.35 

 48.47 

 13.86 



14.36 

 11.58 

 19.13 

 13.68 

 17.02 

 13.62 

 20.09 

 14.13 

 2 14. 45 

 3 11.96 



9.86 



( 4 ) 



( 4 ) 



( 4 ) 



19.63 

 15.56 

 12.60 

 16.62 

 24.06 

 17.43 

 13.51 

 19.26 

 16.87 

 20.27 

 5 20. 44 

 13.61 

 23.29 



( 4 ) 



(*) 



13.87 

 11.05 

 IS. 54 

 13.59 

 16.14 

 13.62 

 20.54 

 13.99 

 13.86 

 11.87 

 10.64 

 17.52 

 13.42 

 12.41 



19.14 

 15.49 

 12.11 

 16.63 

 25.46 

 16.61 

 14.09 

 19.20 

 17.13 

 21.21 

 18.12 

 12.46 

 22.47 

 31.70 

 13.16 



13.29 

 13.09 

 18.93 

 13.85 

 16.62 

 14.26 

 20. 51 

 15.52 

 15.53 

 12.33 

 11.52 

 IS. 68 

 14.48 

 14.88 



18.76 

 16.16 

 12.26 

 16.23 

 24.71 

 17.37 

 14.34 

 20.94 

 18.67 

 22.47 

 17. 78 

 12.14 

 26.55 

 34.91 

 14.10 



12.69 

 12.44 

 18.16 

 13.95 

 16.91 

 15.39 

 20.46 

 14.80 

 19.95 

 12.68 

 13.10 

 18.14 

 13.99 

 16.25 



20.50 

 15.77 

 13.20 

 16.12 

 25.39 

 16.95 

 13.25 

 19. .50 

 17.52 

 24.44 

 18.05 

 11.87 

 30.80 

 42.79 

 14.77 



14.02 

 14.12 

 19.41 

 15.53 

 17.26 

 15.67 

 22.12 

 17.70 

 19.14 

 13.99 

 15.45 

 19. 84 

 16.16 

 ( 4 ) 



21.23 

 16.84 

 14.10 

 17.04 

 24.91 

 17.37 

 14.30 

 20.03 

 IS. 45 

 "25.01 

 IS. 42 

 14.48 

 29.50 

 43.31 

 14.58 



9.96 

 9.51 

 14.93 

 11.91 

 14.03 

 11.30 

 17.50 



12. S3 

 14. 35 

 11.39 



( 4 ) 

 (<) 

 ( 4 ) 

 ( 4 ) 



17.51 

 14.94 

 10. S7 



13. 7S 

 18.99 

 15.44 



( 4 ) 

 16.86 



14. 45 

 18.77 

 14.92 



( 4 ) 



23.94 

 45.64 



( 4 ) 



8.46 



8.67 

 12.69 



9.98 

 11.27 



9.70 

 13.32 

 10.12 

 10.91 



8.73 

 ( 4 ) 



12.30 

 ( 4 ) 

 ( 4 ) 



13. 78 

 11.83 

 9.63 

 13.37 

 14.03 

 12.50 

 ( 4 > 



12.81 

 11.4 

 15.-4 

 10.37 

 ( 4 ) 



IS. 78 

 36.49 

 11.04 



1 1912 values based on limited number of reports. 

 2 Western red cedar only. 

 8 Western larch only. 



4 Data not obtained. 



6 Southern Cottonwood only. 



