20 BULLETIN 845, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
DOUGLAS FIR. 
The reported production of Douglas fir, amounting to 5,819,141,000 
feet, exceeded the 1917 output by 9 per cent. The computed total 
cut of 5,820,000,000 feet is the largest for any year for which figures 
are avallable. In 1917 the cut of Douglas fir formed 16 per cent of 
the aggregate output of all lumber in the United States; in 1918, the 
cut was 20 per cent, or one-fifth, of the total. The 1,101 mills report- 
ing are an increase of 77 mills over the year before. In Washington 
and Oregon production was slightly larger in 1918, and in California 
production increased 40 per cent over 1917 with a smaller number of 
mills reporting. In Idaho and Montana the output decreased. 
The average value per thousand feet increased from $16.28 in 1917 
to $18.77, or 15 percent. The 1918 figure is the topmost price record- 
ed for this wood. 
Tas LE 9.—Reported production of Douglas fir! lumber, 1918. 
Computed total production in the United States, 5,820,000,000 feet.] 
Number of | 5 sn VGLAEE 
active | uantity value per 
State. | mills | reported. | Pencent ; 1,000 feet 
reporting. | f. o. b. mill, 
| 
| Feet b. m. 
United’States:o— eee ee ete ee eee 1,101 5, 819, 141, 000 100.0 $18.77 
Wiashin etonarcce sae see sae bers miesicieeie amen seme | 363 3, 578, 831, 000 61.5 19. 54 
OTe Zon esa ieee eee eae le eer: eas cmeieemeisiee eee 407 1, 898, 080, 000 32.6 17.09 
Californian onc Sse ot eon se race Gasca seis mee = Ute 219, 267, 000 3.8 20. 32 
TAA OPas eA ae osac Cocco eee ee cin eRe ee eer ee 116 72, 658, 000 1.2 19. 45 
MMMM SS a Song bes soos sb Saooabo SS Raosboobonusoséce 56 | 34, 906, 000 | 6 19. 38 
All other States (see Summary p. 42)........-..---- 81 | 15, 399, 006 | 3 23.13 
1 Dougias fir (Pseudotsuga tazifolia) is the principal commercial species. 
WHITE PINE. 
White pine production reported in 1918 was smaller by 4 per cent 
than in 1917, the total cut amounting to 1,968,474,000 feet. In spite 
of the fact that it is the smallest quantity cut in more than a decade, 
white pine assumes the position occupied by oak in recent years in 
point of production. The 1918 white pine cut was 8 per cent below 
the 1917 cut in Minnesota, 7 per cent in Maine, and 21 per cent in 
Wisconsin; the cut gained by 8 per cent in Idaho and 10 per cent in 
New Hampshire. 
The average value of white pine rose from $24.81 per 1,000 feet in 
1917 to $30.84 in 1918, an increase of 24 per cent. 
