24 BULLETIN 845, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
SPRUCE. 
The particular need for spruce for specific war purposes stimulated 
the production of this species in the Pacific northwest, with the result 
that the output is slightly in excess of the cut for 1917. Maine has 
been the leading spruce-producing State for a number of years, the 
annual output being approximately one-third of the country’s entire 
cut, but the State dropped into third position in 1918 with its pro- 
duction amounting to but about one-fifth of the total cut. The 
scarcity of labor probably had something to do with this condition, 
since but 252 mills reported operating in 1918 in comparison with 298 
mills in 1917. Washington’s cut was 78,000,000 feet and Oregon’s 
cut 95,000,000 feet in excess of 1917, or an increase of 39 per cent and 
79 per cent, respectively. The combined cut of the two States formed 
one-half of the aggregate cut of the country. West Virginia’s output 
declined 34 per cent. 
The high price paid for airplane stock was offset by the lower prices 
which were necessary to move the large volume of lower grades, so 
that the average value reached but $28.65 per 1,000 feet, an advance 
of $4.24 per 1,000 feet, or 17 per cent over the 1917 figure. 
TABLE 14.—Reported production of spruce} lumber, 1918. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 1,125,000,000 feet.] 
Number of | Q Average 
active uantity value per 
State. mills reported. |PeF cent-| 4 000 feet 
reporting. f. o. b. mill. 
Feet b. m. 
(WimitedsS tates assis aay see seiiaralialsiorareraveitoee= 1,172 980, 561, 000 100. 0 $28. 65 
IWASHIN pOM ease noses Sheen on ore alee ce ears eee 60 275, 826, 000 28.1 23. 91 
(OnGeOINe sac doe deo woSseonec ceauecuugascoosSosandcasc 35 215, 828. 000 22.0 27. 03 
Main epee eo trie erin ris hota iain ata Mom ste aie See ee ake 252 206, 208, 000 21.0 33. 26 
GS Raye a al ee ie ae ee ee Os ne Doce enema a 16 45, 258, 000 4.6 38. 27 
INeweblam pshiretajsrri seria cesses aces arcane 109 44,779, 000 4.6 33. O1 
North Carolin aie ste cen ote oat es bretraeeetere ere 10 31, 912, 000 3.3 36. 25 
WAG) ns aos th horn ae Ao Panes Sea RE SEA Maca OM NAaSoHeG SUD be 197 31, 530, 000 3. 2 30. 67 
ING MORK Gog goon Snoeuseones sbodoESeudSocousaces 141 25, 433, 000 2.6 33. 92 
Minin eSObasas Sees ee oes eae eee oem. 72 18, 907, 000 19 28. 13 
(ORIN) AnVES RRO So adbtsccennrccousdooshocsbapodcasos 8 16, 663, 000 iy, 20. 75 
L070) Ko) #20 oe a BE Ce, oA RS Be Seem SN AA iam 54 16, 269, 000 tee 20. 72 
AVASCONSEN Sa peietsaate lee tae tein holes ete eR eS 40 13, 009, 000 kB: 30. 88 
1161 a Ope aa ar IAL see AG SACO See eee cis caine 18 12, 820, 000 1.3 Pate) 
MT CH pera so A pa koe te te A oe aan 65 7,523, 000 .8 29. 79 
1.9 25. 38 
All other States (see Summary, p. 42).....--.-.---. 95 18, 596, 000 
1 Red spruce (Picea rubra) is the principal species cut in the Northeastern States and the Appalachian 
region. 
Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) is the principal species cut in Oregon and Washington. 
Black spruce (Picea mariana) is cut in limited quantities in the Northeastern States. 
White spruce (Picea canadensis) is cut in the Lake States. 
Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmanni) is cut in the Rocky Mountain region. 
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