14 BULLETIN 474, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
as will be seen, comes from British Honduras and Mexico, which 
together furnished 58 per cent. Santo Domingo, Panama, Nicaragua, 
Honduras, Guatemala, and Colombia furnished 34 per cent, and 
Cuba 8 per cent. 
While the actual quantities of true mahogany and other “ mahog- 
anies ”’ imported into the United States by different countries can 
not be ascertained, Great Britain is known to be first as a source 
of the latter, which come chiefly from Africa and reach the American 
markets by reshipment from London and Liverpool. Of the total 
amount of true mahogany and other “ mahoganies” imported, Great 
Britain supplied 18,289,000 feet, or 26 per cent (by reshipment from 
points of origin), and Africa furnished 13,423,000 feet, or about 19 
per cent, through direct shipment. Table III shows the quantities 
and value of mahogany (true and other) imported by the United 
States from 1901 to 1914.* 
TABLE III].—Quantity and value of true mahogany and other mahoganies (un- 
sawed) imported by the United States from 9101 to 19142 
| 
Year. Quantity.| Value. 
| 
ee 
Jeet. 
NQOTE ee Soc e ac we ease oe et oe See OLE tae en ne Sees one eet eee eee ae ae eee 32,281 | $1, 752,612 
Ue snaasceoridesoSNee sna sae Se aa Seton papa eson Sano Pensa a san Sostsoncesesoscbsdbece 44,795 2, 361, 483 
MOS oe ie i te Nene ies ole ee a Nes ae eee ae 48,387 | 2,783,679 
SO a ae ee Se Seo = a as ee a Rem BS ma om cme E.On Seaat 50, 370 2,690, 382 
MN 6 cae eh re an aa ons ws SN ee ee 31,844 | 1,977,894 
DOGG Ree SSS os ep ae ENS Sree ears aie eo SE ea ne ae ee Ae ee =, eae 36,619 2, 470, 072 
IWOOT Se basi es Shas ee ns Bae Sas Se esas oe oe sk Sa es BE Ee ks eee ae 51, 899 3, 263, 718 
1 QOS: aot Boe ee ee ines nee eas ate as SSE ae ea aT a ee A en 41,678 2,566, 594 
19090 Se 5 ooo eee Ss eee at a a pre a ee Se ee 39, 828 2,479,976 
UQT0 Ss 2s ee ee IAN we Bar Se Sieg ea MS ae ns ope Te 44,524 | 3,224,152 
VOU = Sorc ee ie a es Bee Se he ae a ae ce cere ee a rn 43,914 3,171,398 
IGS ee UR Ei are lis Bete, Sone Meee ad ee Set DAN ene ene eee ee 43,194} 3,038,043 
A eis ee ee, reer see ee ie ae tae nee Eee teat Rte, Sema SOM OU SS 66,318 4, 839,625 
LE) (gee an ae as ge ean Cet HO ee ee cen eee age a 70,470 | 4,925, 126 
METHODS OF LOGGING AND TRANSPORTATION. 
Formerly all logs were squared by hewing, usually in the forest. 
The purpose of this was partly to show the figure of the wood, but 
mainly to remove the useless sapwood. Few trees are cut in Mexico 
and Honduras that will not square 18 inches or over. The removal 
of the worthless sapwood by squaring the logs resulted in a very 
great waste of the best heartwood, particularly near the butt ends, 
the most valuable part of the logs. Since there is no duty at present 
on cabinet woods, and transportation is comparatively cheap, a rela- 
tively large saving of valuable wood can be effected by shipping 
mahogany logs in the round. Much of the sapwood may, of course, 
be cut away before shipment, but under present methods of handling 
even this added expense seems useless. Another marked waste by 
1 Data for this purpose were derived from the Department of Commerce. 
2 Fiscal years ending June 30. 
