PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1918, 
TABLE 10.—Reported production of white pine: lumber, 1918. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 2,£00,000,000 feet. ] 
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Number of Average 
active Quantity value per 
State. mills reported.  |FeF cent-| 1 000 feet 
reporting. f. o. b. mill, 
‘ Feet b. m. 
WatigodaStatess yt me aaa) 2, 638 1,968, 474, 000 100.0 $30. 84 
SMSETT a OVENS ONE si hese ae a as ea ms eee OL lard 154 830, 439, 000 42.2 30.77 
Nitin et eR ee Be 376 237, 466, 000 12.1 28. 21 
LIGIAINO Sees Saas a oe CIRO ern Pes cp aan ut BEN MEY ool) Sas SIV 34 208, 749, 000 10.6 32. 84 
ewe tlamipsiaine . fae st ee, 247 188, 569, 000 9.6 28.78 
RWASCONSUMC yee Sei Ser Nes Ne aes oe ay earn 194 126, 228, 000 6.4 35.48 
IMTENSISE NOI ORBITS AESS is ok al alg A cer ue eet seer cee 194 99,377, 000 5.0 26.72 
\AVBIS ob Lagi Oy ali ees BER Sa rine ke eee eae Ye ora 31 65, 856, 000 3.3 25.45 
IRIN NCO) lke ies meatless Sean Sa eae ree ena 594 59, 842, 000 3.0 32.51 
Michigans eet Gis eee oUt Me 124 46, 664, 000 2.4 35,47 
WETIMOMG aaa see en es eee Ses 101 25, 722, 000 3 29.41 
Manns Wi aMiays ote oo re water acs a aers 240 24,615, 000 13 35.34 
WiteerUiN eo oe Ie LE OR dais ieee one ae 89 9, 410, 000 5 25.70 
WOnMOCtICWTE eater store pyre eee cea 50 8,587, 000 4 34.09 
AROTIMOSSCO Rs ee ae Aetna sain iin ae 39 8,017, 000 4 29.55 
INOREHRC ar 0 brig eee sare iene em eens eee ee 44 7,437, 000 4 27.71 
All other States (see Summary p. 42)..............- 127 21, 486, 000 ial 27.28 
1 White pine (Pinus strobus) is the white pine cut in the Lake States, the Northeastern States, and the 
Appalachian region. 
Norway (or red) pine (Pinus resinosa), though botanically a yellow pine, is cut in the Lake States and 
largely marketed with white pine. 
Jack pine (Pinus banksiana) is cut in the Lake States. 
Western white pine (Pinus monticola) is cut in Idaho, Montana, Washington, and Oregon. 
OAK. 
The production of oak in the United States has decreased annually 
during the last 10 years and more, as a result of the depletion of oak 
timber and the wider use of a greater variety of hardwoods. In 
1918 the reported cut was 1,658,714,000 feet, in comparison with 
1,967,694,000 feet in 1917, a decrease of 16 per cent. The 1917 cut 
was 9 per cent less than that of 1916. The shifting center of oak 
production is indicated by Arkansas taking the place of West Vir- 
ginia as the principal producing State. Arkansas, Louisiana, and 
New York were the only States in which the cut was larger than for 
the preceding year, all of the other States showing decreases ranging 
from 1 per cent in Pennsylvania to 34 per cent in Kentucky. The 
oak cut is 32 per cent of the aggregate cut of all hardwoods. 
The average value of oak for the year was $31.11 per 1,000 feet, 
an advance of $6.62 per 1,000, or 27 per cent, over the year before. 
