20 BULLETIN 308, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
value of $14.80, or only 2 cents higher than Arkansas, where no 
longleaf occurs. Below is shown the average wholesale mill-run value 
at the mill for southern yellow pine lumber from 1899 to 1914, in- 
clusive.t. Shortleaf was a heavy contributor and its fluctuations have 
doubtless been quite similar. 
14 eo a Ontl  ees Siocot LodSeaanam S12. 60 1904-27226 $9. 96 
POISE Sh. biG AO1LOBS ESSE 13529) | 19072 147-02 289922222 8. 46 
LOAD aoe he 14365): 51909 222 se 12.69 1906____-_ 15. 02 
From 1908 to 1918 a gradual advance in price occurred in common 
with nearly all coniferous woods. From an average value in 1901 of 
approximately $9 the price rose to $13.87 in 1911, an increase of 54 
per cent in 10 years. The advance in price was strongly upward to 
the year 1906, when the values reached a high point. Between 1908 
and 1913 the advance in price was steady but more gradual, with 
rather marked variation during 1914 and 1915. 
TARLE 12.—Cost of longleaf, shortleaf, and loblolly lumber used by the wood- 
manufacturing industries of 16 States. 
Average cost per M board feet Average cost per M board feet 
f. 0. b. factory. f. 0. b. factory. 
Group and State. |. === CC | «Group and State. 
Longleaf. |Shortleaf. | Loblolly. Longleaf. |Shortleaf. | Loblolly. 
Northeastern Southern States: Dollars. | Dollars. | Dollars. 
States: | Dollars. | Doliars. | Dollars. Mloridaseriee. == 11. 66 11. 60 11.77 
Connecticut. --- 36. 10 23. 32 27.00 Georgia....-:.. 13. 30 13.03 10. 03 
Delaware. ...-- 31. 46 18. 08 15. 56 Mississippi. ---- 11. 66 11. 66 11. 24 
Maine......---- 35.12 31.00 29. 71 Texass= 22 325. 12. 71 12. 64 11. 51 
New Hamp- Average for North- 
shires .£2-22= 33. 70 28. 86 29.99 eastern States. ... 33. 30 27. 52 25. 21 
New York..... 31. 49 27.34 20.77 || Average for Cen- 
Vermont......-. 31.91 36. 50 28. 21 tral States. .....- 24. 79 22.05 21. 49 
Central States:. Average for South- 
TOWs saan e eae: 28. 04 29.05 27.45 ern States.......- 12. 33 12. 23 11.14 
Tinos cess 28. 69 26. 07 27.72 a 
OhioseJzs5. 22 26. 26 25. 75 18.32 || Average for all 
‘Tennessee... --- 20. 23 165183] 27S States represent- 
Virginia......-. 20. 26 13. 26 12.77 60 FSS. SSE ASS. 23. 47 20. 60 19. 28 
West Virginia. . 25. 26 21.99 21. 20 
1Compiled from various State wood-manufacturing industry reports in cooperation with the Forest 
Service. Figures must be considered as approximate since there is no accurate separation of the species in 
the market. 
The lowest average price of pine used by the wood manufacturing 
industries shown in Table 12, occurs in the large lumber-producing 
Southern States, where most of the big sawmills manufacture plan- 
ing-mill products, obtaining their supplies- without transportation 
charges; also a number of these industries use logs, wholly or partly, 
and reported cost on these instead of on lumber. An increasing 
1 Prices for 1913 are based upon average prices during the last three-quarters of the 
year from large representative mills in the States of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis- 
sippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. The 1914 figures are based upon reports of similar 
representative large mills in 10 States from Virginia to Texas for the complete year. The 
earlier prices represent reports submitted by miscellaneous operators, both large and 
small. A question whether these prices are legitimately comparable with the 1913 and 
1914 figures may properly be raised. 
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