GENERAL 



York state. The virgin forests of these states have been heavily cut 

 over many years ago. Washington, the state of the largest present 

 lumber production, reported only 444 mills, 126 of which were mills 

 cutting over 10,000,000 bd. ft. annually. Louisiana, the center of the 

 yellow pine production in the South, reported only 329 mills in the year 

 1916, 121 of which cut over 10,000,000 bd. ft. each. 



The following table ^ shows the estimated amount of lumber cut in 

 the twenty-five leading lumber-producing states in this country, in the 

 year 1916: 



LUMBER PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES 



States. 



Washington 



Louisiana 



Mississippi 



Oregon 



North Carolina 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Alabama 



Wisconsin 



Florida 



California 



Virginia 



Michigan 



West Virginia 



Minnesota 



Georgia 



Maine 



South Carolina 



Idaho 



Pennsylvania 



Tennessee. 



Kentucky 



New York 



New Hampshire 



Montana 



All other states 



Total (all states) 



The above table is interesting in showing how lumber production 

 has varied in the different states during the seventeen years between 

 1899 and 1916. 



^ From statistics published by the U. S. Forest Service. 



