UTILIZATION OF- ASH, Deo (ey 
Taslte 7.—Number of mills reporting lumber cut of ash in the different States— 
Continued. 
1905 1907 1908 | 1909 | 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 
TUN Od Sulislan diene. 22 alee ee ae a 17 18 13 8 10 6 8 4 
South Carelina.....- SU2E| eee aes 12 20 20 18 20 13 15 15 
Souths akotas Sees ee eee he oe : 1 ih 2 | peepee centre 8 Ne NS ee 
Tennessee: Si2s2 22 154 347 384 516 396 378 365 170 237 193 
(50: CP SR ee ere earn! elem Seen! (ee Ae eeaia ar 18 36 27 25 26 20 22 29 
WViGEIOD Gee ee eee os 223 210 221 221 231 228 90 133 151 
VANPIMNI AR eee aes el hee sleeese ue 100 181 158 154 122 38 58 51 
AWS GHETTO 2 ai Ac OR Bene [ee Doma 6 4 3 2 Dilieuteees 1 1 
Wiest Wareimine estate 2 oe 209 207 288 250 226 224 82 86 135 
Wisconsin 222225. 203 382 443 514 408 338 344 184 187 213 
All other States ..-.- 922 OD AO aw ete ETE ice fee | Pape ead ar eal ya Mee eed SE Fb ne fa ae Se eh SRI aes ne 
The output of ash lumber by States for the year 1899 and the 
years 1904 to 1914, inclusive, and the average price’ received for the 
product f. o. b. mills in the United States, are shown in Table 5; and 
the average f. o. b. mill values in different States for 1906 to 1911, in- 
lusive, in Table 6. The figures for 1899 and 1909 are the most com- 
plete, as they are based on decennial census returns; those for 1904, 
1905, and 1906 are the least complete. The comparative complete- 
ness of the figures for each year is indicated to a certain extent by the 
total number of mills reporting, as given in Table 5, and the number 
of mills reporting lumber cuts of ash in the different States, as given 
in Table 7. There are a number of important points to be observed 
in these tables. First, that the annual production of ash was main- 
tained or somewhat increased during the decade from 1900 to 1999, 
but since that time it has considerably decreased. Again, in average 
f. o. b. value per thousand board feet there was an increase of 54 per 
cent in 1909 over 1899. That this increase was not maintained during 
succeeding years is due largely to an increased proportion ot lower 
grades in the total output. A general survey of the present supply 
of ash timber leads to the conclusion that the high-water mark in 
the production of ash lumber in the United States, both in regard to 
quantity and quality of output, has been passed, and it is not likely 
that either the amount or value of the 1909 cut will ever again be 
equaled. 
Table 8 indicates the constant shifting in rank of the ash-produc- 
ing States. In 1899 the cut in Michigan (which was from virgin 
forests) was greater than in any other three States, while in 1911 
Michigan had dropped to seventh place in the production of ash 
lumber, with an output one-sixth as great as that of 1899. Ohio and 
‘Indiana, where the cut is now entirely from second growth, ranked 
third and fifth, respectively, in 1909, but rose to first and third places 
in 1911 and 1912, although in each case there was considerable de- 
crease in the actual amount of the output. 
1 United States census reports. 
