UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Contribution from the Forest Service 
HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester 
Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER April 13, 1928 
PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES 
IN 1918. 
By FRANKLIN H. Siro and Apert H. Pierson, 
Statisticians in Forest Products. 
GONTENTS. 
Page. Page. 
PANE OGG ELON sjeiatayeiavelalaleiciaiain/eia/ala‘s s'e/ai=ialevara/o(ersiorel= 1 | Lumber production by kinds of wood—Con. 
Total lumber production...............----- 2 NEGMMON7 Joo} NEN ES cao kandoncsacdseesduaeace 30 
Lumber production by classes of mills ......- 3 Cedar een reece cc ncnn ccs sce cae nels 31 
Lumber production by States .........-....- 12 ANDI OS Wie a oaced SSA beso abc aSaeaeEEee canosee 3i 
Lumber production by kinds of wood.......- 15 NVVAITT GO GUase et Sr es Sere i eeu 32 
iellOwaDine 24. = soe ee ees Se ee 19 IBASSWOOG eee oo ee shel ee SNE 33 
Momelasiilee ec Neat oS Caen ee 20 TG foes Ne GA LR i A Ae a 33 
WMMIMITORPINOs 25.1.5 0550 Goede bac Sec oke see see 20 Cottonwocdasseie sok nen cos 1a 34 
Oe iin oo Sails ae wae oe ne eewele 21 UNG ae oper en Aye er Pee PeS Sasi sts 35 
leennloO ks apes soars Ges Ser eae 22 SU ars Mim Cle Cae oot cineoa Seley ee ciate 35 
Western yellow pine.........-.....----- fs 23 ELA CK OGY ese ee Se ae Se ee 36 
SDI Cole n Ee aarats Maier ene ose Rue oe 24 AEM DOWD Reese Ns seen ee ene lero erties mentor 36 
Ma IGE eee screen nite some ee eeneiee 25 Balsanmayinr seater eee En ee Cee 37 
(CITY Sek TE IE ea Lhe nee ae as Yat a 25 SGN TIO) RE Sie EE ee nas ee ae 38 
(CH DROSS SNE A Ee Ne ees eae 26 Wodgepole pinesasss2 ssa eee cee ee eee 38 
TREO ACO GG Us ae pe ae aoe ee a 27 Man OnispeGles=cene a escent eee ae cece 39 
Chesil ease ees ee ice eee nce Zi. | PEroductionvoilating rec tase tee eae 39 
Ban Chater eet eo eenicr nS ayee wines Sie a cieoice 284 Eroduchonohshingless sass. senses ee 40 
WESEC He peer ie econ cate isecine emcee ces 207 icumiberavaluese.-nacccsacs een snes cmerenaener 41 
TEYS12Y0) OB, ms cies Sree a eee er tan ae 29 Detailed SUMMARY...) icici sictecraecuiemis diese caiere 42 
INTRODUCTION. 
In this bulletin, which is one of an annual series covering the period 
1904 to 1918, inclusive, with the exception of 1914,' are detailed 
statistics of the 1918 production of lumber, lath, and shingles in the 
continental United States,? with comparative figures from previous 
annual reports. 
The collection and compilation of the statistics for the Western 
States were done through the district offices of the Forest Service at 
Missoula, Denver, Albuquerque, Ogden, San Francisco, and Portland. 
The figures for New York State were furnished by the New York 
Conservation Commission.? The work in all of the other States east 
1A detailed semmary of the 1914 lumber production is given in Bulletin 506, which contains the figures 
— ‘a anegne don statistics for 1918 were summarized in a preliminary statement issued in May, 1919. 
2 Acknowledgement is made for assistance in the compilation and review of this bulletin to A. B. Strough, 
New York Conservation Commission; and to C. N. Whitney, Miss Frances R. Waters, Quincy Randles, 
N. J. Fetherolf, Miss Catherine Deneen, L. A. Nelson, and T. J. Starker, of the Forest Service. 
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