PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1918. 19 
YELLOW PINE. 
The reported cut of yellow pine for 1918 was 20 per cent under that 
for 1917 and is the smallest cut recorded since 1899, with the excep- 
tion of 1905. Since yellow pine production formed 34 per cent of the 
country’s aggregate lumber output, the economic importance of the 
decline becomes the more marked. Embraced in the classification of 
yellow pine is the longleaf pie cut in the Southern and Gulf States, 
the shortleaf pine from the same region as well as Arkansas, and the 
shortleaf and loblolly pine of the North Carolina pine region. 
The lessened output was general among the larger producing States. 
In Missouri and Maryland alone the 1918 cut was in excess of that re- 
ported in 1917. The decrease ranged from 17 per cent in both Louisi- 
ana and North Carolina to as high as 36 per cent in Georgia. Through 
the greater loss in output in Arkansas, that State displaced North 
Carolina in seventh place in the rank of producing States. 
Reports were received from 5,289 active mills in 1918, whereas 
6,217 mills reported in 1917. 
The average value of yellow pine f. o. b. mill for the year was $24.38. 
The figure represents an increase of $5.38 per 1,000 feet; or 28 per 
cent, over the year before. The average value rose 33 per cent in 1917 
over 1916. 
TaBLe 8.—Reported production of yellow pine! lumber in 1918. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 10,845,000,000 feet.] 
Number of Q | pversee 
active uantity value per 
SUES | mills reported. Gis GN | 1,000 feet 
| reporting. f. 0. b. mill. 
| 
Feet b. m, 
WIG Sis ese eae ce cee eetecdeceosceaesecere 5, 289 9, 941, 997, 000 100.0 $24. 38 
Tegey fists = Sees a a eh reat ee 225| 2,486, 847, 000 25.0 25.13 
IMSSSISSIP PES sea ere ae eae ene oe gn es cies se aemoaes | 488 1, 448, 893, 000 14.6 24. 52 
CRS eee eens anes ee aan Sea eos see 230 1, 172, 154, 000 11.8 25. 27 
AIG PUIG ie ao eet gh dec Seber aaececeeeoceeceneceode | 638 1, 037, 659, 000 10.4 22.27 
INN ORTH SI ee oe cee ec cob eben per oeeeeenee 1, 008 782, 027, 000 7.9 23.09 
WOE Ga Ste ee SS Econ aseeeosdesececteces 184 765, 912, 000 Ten! 24.21 
Js TARP TSE Gos She one peneeeese ee eeeeececece cuebae Reascl 260 742, 236, 000 7.5 PAA 
MUSE ae ahs = Eng ae eR eee eee 820 454, 015, 000 4.6 24.81 
Samii. Geri ~ ee ee eos dcecencéosdsedasce 349 416, 536, 000 4.2 25. 62 
EGE - S22 Ro 2 Shee cee bas concecenscacotesedaseee 465 352, 682, 000 3.5 22.08 
CSF INGHiR Ss S26 Sek B Ss Beane secd a= coanesceesedoeseceee 51 147, 494, 000 1.5 20.79 
LISS Gh Sao See pak Heo naae nace nenocseceesnenerone 84 42, 062, 000 4 23. 20 
ROH NOSSCG = nee oe oa ec oe Be = nee eae 211 37, 474, 000 .4 18. &3 
LOSI PEO So ee Oe ee RR ee ae ee RE eo Oa ae 118 30, 223, 000 3 23. 65 
All other States (see Summary, DP. 42)..---.-------. 158 . 25, 783, 000 a2 25.13 
1 Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris), also known as Georgia pine and hard pine and exported as pitch pine; 
cut mostly in the Gulf States. im Yas 
North Carolina pine (Pinus izda), also called shortleaf, loblolly, old field, rosemary, and Virginia pine; 
cut mostly in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Arkansas, and Texas. i fF 
Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata); cut mostly in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana, 
and Mississipp1. : 
Sand pine (Pinus clausa): Florida and Alabama. _ : Me a 
Slash (or Cuban) pine (Pinus caribxa); cut mostly in Georgia and the Gulf Staies east of the Mississippi 
River. 
Serub pine (Pinus virginiana), also called Jersey pine; cut in the Middle Atlantic States. 
Pitch pine (Pinus rigida); Middle Atlantic and Northern States. 
Spruce pine (Pinus glabra); Gulf States. 
Pond pine (Pinzs serotina); South Atlantic States. : 
Table-m,untain pine (Pinus pungens); Appalachian Mountains. 
