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BULLETIN 1007, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 11. — Average wholesale prices of basswood and yellow poplar for different years 
and qwarter-years, 4/4 inch, No. 1 common grade at Chicago. 
Year. 
wood. 
1912 $27. 00 
1913 ' 28.25 
1914 27.25 
1915 26.58 
1916 28.08 
1917: 
First quarter 33.17 
Second quarter 40.17 
Third quarter 35.67 
Fourth quarter 42.67 
1918: 
First quarter 43.67 
Second quarter 45.33 
Third quarter 48.50 
Fourth quarter 48.50 
Yellow 
poplar. 
$34.88 
34.71 
32.67 
31.25 
33.25 
34.50 
38.17 
39.50 
41.00 
42.67 
45.50 
49.33 
56.50 
Year. 
1919: 
First quarter.. 
Second quarter 
Third quarter. 
Fourth quarter 
1920: 
First quarter.. 
Second quarter 
Third quarter. . 
Fourth quarter 
1921: 
First quarter.. 
Second quarter 
Third quarter.. 
Fourth quarter 
Bass- 
wood. 
S4S. 50 
49.50 
54.33 
61.00 
101.00 
117.83 
97.50 
99.00 
79.00 
54.00 
48.00 
46.00 
Yellow 
poplar. 
$55. 17 
56.50 
63.50 
72.67 
106.67 
123.00 
107. 50 
86.67 
75.00 
55.67 
49.33 
54.67 
Table 12. — Production of basswood veneer . 
Wood 
used, log 
scale. 
Veneer produced. 
Cost per 
1,000 feet. 
Year. 
Rotary. 
Sawed or T t , 
sliced. iotaL 
1905 
Mfeet. 
11,376 
15,659 
13, 561 
11,609 
13, 715 
11, 003 
11,602 
11,134 
Msq.ft. 
Msq.ft. Msq.ft. 
82, 925 
72, 158 
75, 203 
1,285 73,4-<3 
2, 790 77, 993 
$15.84 
18. OQ 
20.16 
1909 
20.20 
1910 
1911 
1919 
I 
Table 13. — Consumption of basswood for veneer, by States and years, in thousand board 
State. 
1906 
1907 
1908 
1909 
Wisconsin 
8,979 
2,699 
1,505 
1,132 
150 
146 
25 
136 
100 
24 
7,480 
2,282 
1,377 
620 
365 
720 
131 
239 
64 
40 
4,929 
1,686 
2,204 
864 
785 
300 
330 
246 
29 
80 
30 
5,7:^3 
Michigan 
3,660 
Maine 
1,199 
New York 
1,139 
• 482 
Ohio '. 
428 
Vermont 
175 
163 
West Virginia 
90 
50 
North Carolina 
25 
200 
100 
152 
10 
100 
8 
10 
Tennessee 
12 
8 
New Jersey 
3 
50 
15 
10 
Georgia 
50 
75 
• 50 
260 
1 
Total 
15, 659 
13,561 
11,609 
13,715 
