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cypress 53 per cent, that of redwood 58 per cent, and that of Douglas 

 fir 173 per cent. These increases far more than counterbalanced the 

 decrease of nearly 46 per cent in white pine. On the other hand, the 

 cut of the two leading hardwoods, oak and yellow poplar, decreased 

 16 per cent and 22 per cent, respectively, during this period. Re- 

 markable increases took place in the output of some of the minor 



1880 



23% 



1.8% 



1.0% 



.9% 



I 



.9% 



.7% 



1907 



1.0% 



Fig. 6.— Relative lumber production of ten States, 1880 and 1907. 



hardwoods; the gain in maple, for instance, being 48 per cent, in 

 red gum 142 per cent, and in chestnut 216 per cent. 



The lumber cut by States in 1907 is shown in figure 5. Washing- 

 ton, which ranked first, supplied 9.4 per cent of the total; Louisiana 

 came second, with 7.4 per cent; Texas third, with 5.5 per cent; Mis- 

 sissippi fourth, with 5.2 per cent; and Wisconsin fifth, with 5 per cent. 

 These ^ve States are the only ones which cut 2 billion or more feet of 

 lumber in 1907, and, taken together, they furnished nearly one-third 

 of the total production. 



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