PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1918. 25 
MAPLE. 
The production of maple shared in the general slump in output. 
The reported cut of 696,986,000 feet was 105,000,000 feet, or 13 per 
cent below that of 1917. In Michigan, where more than 40 per cent 
of the country’s total is cut, production dropped 63,000,000 feet, or 
18 per cent from the previous year. Production in New York and 
Ohio was slightly greater than in 1917. 
A higher average mill value was obtained in 1918 than in 1917, the 
average value of $29.05 in 1918 being an increase of $5.89 per 1,000 
feet, or 25 per cent. 3 
TABLE 15.—Reported production of maple! lumber, 1918. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 815,000,000 feet.] 
| 
Number of Average 
active Quantity value per 
State. mills reported,  |FeF cent.| 4 000 feet 
reporting. | f. 0. b. mill. 
Feet b. m. 
WimitedsStateseet = Wooo en es es 3, 659 696, 986, 000 100.0 | $29. 05 
MBCIN anlenee Seeman ies Cees e ees Suc ko sae 178 287, 231, 000 41.2 | 29. 93 
WEBCO DSN oc bone acgcses a2 eeccu sasene coe eaacee 256 141, 151, 000 20.3 | 26. 97 
\VGSE Watguboit) 2a oe Sia neneaeseaae oa semnenomeaeae 171 58, 009, 000 8.3 33. 85 
Ne Wass OR Keres snr ee See ois AMER eT el 699 46, 691, 000 6.7 | 31. 02 
PEMNSylVANI Ameer awe so ee ae ers cis ais 392 35, 324, 000 5.1 | 27. 09 
(OIG as Sao cakes me 321 | 28, 443, 000 4.1 27.17 
TEA VW ay Sie Asis RS ees re Oe ere a URC 269 19, 582, 000 2.8 32. 64 
WiETIN ON baa seee en ee Sees ee aes eee 169 11, 449, 000 1.6 7. 98 
INA GNOGE SG Beh es eee ea eae eae area a es 69 11, 286, 000 1.6 24.13 
All other States (see Summary, p. 42)....-..-------- P35 57, 820, 000 8.3 25. 43 
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1 Sugar (or hard) maple (Acer saccharum) is cut principally in the Northern States. 
Silver (or soft) maple (Acer saccharinum) is also cut in the Northern States. 
Red (or soft) maple (Acer rubrum) is the principal species cut in the Southern States. 
Mountain maple (Acer spicatum) and striped maple (Acer pennsylvanicum) are cut in the Eastern States. 
Oregon maple (Acer macrophyllum) is cut in the Pacific Coast States. 
GUM. 
The cut of red gum in recent years, when the production of other 
woods declined, either increased or underwent little or no change. 
In 1918, however, the reported total production of 651,545,000 feet 
was 79,000,000 feet below the total cut in 1917, or 11 per cent. In 
Arkansas, in which State approximately one-third of the aggregate 
output of all States is sawed, the decrease in cut amounted to 15 per 
cent. The decline was shared in by all of the States with the excep- 
tion of Alabama, where a slightly increased output advances the State 
from sixth to fifth place in rank of production. 
The average value of $23.21 is an increase above the 1917 average 
of $19.56 of $3.65 per 1,000 feet, or 19 per cent. 
