UTILIZATION OF ASH. v0 
Table 3 shows the proportion of the ash lumber cut derived from the 
important species in different regions of the United States in 1910. 
TABLE 3.—Pr eporimon of the ash lumber cut of 1910 derived from the important 
species in different regions. 
5 4 oO 
ae eee | "Po tal cut Per cent of total in region. 
Region. cut in Lune. 
- United eed ae: White Green Black 
States. : ash. ash.2 ash. 
News sbi o lam Gane amie ico rercislcieicic nratoretecuctarar= leroy 5.5 | 12,965,090 SSNSHIER ees 16.2 
Middle AtlamticiStares see. s-sescces. ee a ee 7.4 | 17,370,000 80.3 0.3 19.4 
Lake States (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota). - -- 19.3 | 45,334,000 30.1 3.5 66.4 
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West Virginia, Kentucky, 8.5 
SPOR OSSCOR asco oe eee emits oe ieeiyue miewinreenels 32.8 | 76,927,000 70.1 21.4 
South Atlantic States and Alabama..-....-.....--- 5.7 | 13,307,000 40.6 BOER ene ete 
Lower Mississippi Valley, including Missouri, Ar- 
kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and "Mis- 
SISSED PB eee eee eye Seems ean ee en) acot ss G8 28.8 | 67,678, 000 10.2 89785 es cee 
Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota..-.---- <9 534, 000 34.6 G54 eter ne tee 
Washington, Oregon, California 3..............---- 3 GOOSOOO see eas ale ee Nae Geen oe 
SBON Fe cs res eres Ge ees aes are eee Pe tee pena 100.0 |234, 715, 000 44.7 Sie 17.9 
1 Includes small per cent of Biltmore and blue ash. 
2 Includes small per cent of pune kin and red ash. 
3 All Oregon ash, 
Table 3 on white ash to be the important species in New Eng- 
land, the Middle Atlantic, and the Central States; green ash in the 
South Atlantic States, ae lower Mississippi Valley, and in Iowa, 
Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota; and black ash in the Lake 
States—Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Over half the total 
supply of white ash comes from the Central States, 70 per cent of 
the green ash comes from the lower Mississippi Valley, and 71.5 
per cent of the black ash from the Lake States. Over 60 per cent 
of the total supply of ash comes from the central and lower Missis- 
sippi Valley States, 19 per cent from the Lake States, 13 per cent 
from New England and Middle Atlantic States, and only 5.7 per 
cent from the South Atlantic States. 
DEMAND AND SUPPLY. 
QUANTITY USED ANNUALLY. 
Practically all of the ash cut each year is required for use in 
so called secondary wood-using industries, which take the sawed 
lumber and, to a less extent, material in the rough form of logs and 
bolts, and use it in the manufacture of handles, butter tubs, vehicles, 
planing-mill products, etc. Table 4 indicates the present annual 
demand for ash in these industries and its distribution by States. 
According to this table a larger amount of ash was used in these 
industries than the census reported as being manufactured into 
lumber and cooperage stock. (See p. 8.) The excess is probably 
due to the manufacture of handles, butter tubs, and vehicle stock 
directly from logs and bolts. 
