22 BULLETIN 845, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE 11.—Reported production of oak! lumber, 1918. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 2,025,000,000 feet. ] 
Number of | ; Average 
active | Quantity value per 
State. mills reported. Per cent. 1,000 feet 
| reporting. f. o. b. mill, 
| | Feet b. m. 
United States. twterree ei oaes sea ee | 7,403 1, 658, 714, 000 100.0 $31.11 
AG anGaS There e ee A acne ea eee TORE od 285 | 237, 678, 000 14.3 29.14 
DOeNWOSSEO! soa Race oe SE eee Renee: eS eee 459 _ 181,712,000 11.0 29. 23 
IWiOSh avy Irena Ck ee an en Oe a 357 175, 130, 000 10.6 35.16 
Mineinia Owe oP eee aye eer ete ote 865 153,598, 000 9.3 26. 66 
CEN IC Key Ben ee srk eae eee Be eR kee 442 | 113,312, 000 6.8 34.32 
MESSISSED Pie Pe OS. cee eee ee DE es Sc ee 224 97,495, 000 5.9 32.96 
Northi@arolina ses 22. bee lee ee ie Cato ee 613 87, 947, 000 5.3 26. 82 
Missouri 545) Gor hn ae aie eee OO EN ak is 294 86, 302, 000 5.2 24. 65 
Pennsylvania s--oece ee ee es eee eee eee 580 84, 729, 000 5.1 33.52 
Oldo! so pea et shies teen | Nae gages 417 80, 099, 000 4.8 38.53 
aio ACian Oa Re ee ee 97 | 77, 105, 000 4.6 28.47 
EIU TOT ee een OR et a oh Oh ela Seta Sana 335 65,646, 000 4.0 42.78 
TEN any eae amas Wee nds TE SME Re re ee Per oce a 263 29,578, 000 1.8 22.76 
New VOR ats Sees Be eee ee ee 535 25, 405, 000 1.5 35.22 
Goorsia esas soe Paes Reco et reer 147 24,529,000 1.5 27. 43 
All other States (see Summary Pp. 42)---.-........- 1,490 138, 449, 000 8.3 31.43 
1 Commercially the oaks are classed as white and red. The principal commercial oaks are listed below: 
White oaks.— White oak (Quercus alba) is the white oak common throughout the eastern halfofthe United 
States. 
Chestnut (or rock) oak (Quercus prinus) is found in the Appalachian region. 
Post oak (Quercus minor) and bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) are common throughout the eastern half of 
the country. 
Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata) and cow (or basket) oak (Quercus michaurzii) are the principal southern 
white oaks. 
Red oaks.—Red oak (Quercus rubra) is the red oak common to the eastern part of the United States. 
Texan red oak (Quercus texana) is the principal red oak sawed in the lower Mississippi Valley. 
Pin oak (Quercus palustris) is found in the Eastern and Central States. 
Searlet oak (Quercus coccinea) is the northern and northeastern red oak. 
Yellow (or black) oak (Quercus velutina) is common to most States east of the Rocky Mountains. 
Willow oak (Quercus phellos) is cut mostly in the Southern States. 
HEMLOCK. 
Hemlock production in 1918 was less by approximately 272,000,000 
feet, or 14 per cent, than in 1917. The loss in output in comparison 
with the preceding year amounted to 12 per cent in Wisconsin, 19 per 
cent in Michigan, 13 per cent in Washington, 17 per cent in Pennsyl- 
vania, and 36 per cent in West Virginia. Washington succeeded 
Michigan in second place in point of production for all States. The 
output in Oregon, New Hampshire, and Vermont was larger than in 
1917. Wisconsin and Michigan combined furnish 45 per cent of the 
ageregate cut of hemlock. Washington and Oregon produced 18.6 
per cent of the country’s total in 1917 and 20.3 per cent in 1918. 
The average value of hemlock advanced from $20.78 per 1,000 feet 
in 1917 to $23.97 in 1918, a higher value by $3.19, or 15 per cent. 
