PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1918. 29 
LARCH. 
The reported cut of larch, known as tamarack in the Lake States 
and the Eastern States, amounting to 333,243,000 feet, was within 
1 per cent of the total for 1917. Montana, which has led in the pro- 
duction of larch, cut 16 per cent less than in 1917, and gave way to 
Idaho in first place. The output in 1918 in Idaho amounted to 
119,941,000 feet, an increase of 20 per cent. Washington mills en- 
larged their reported output from 34,242,000 feet in 1917 to 48,248,- 
000 feet in 1918, or 41 percent. The cut in other States was smaller 
than that reported for the year before. 
The average value of larch went from $16.21 to $19.86 per 1,000 
feet in 1918, an increase of 23 per cent. 
TABLE 21.—Reported production of larch (tamarack) lumber, 1918. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 355,000,000 feet.] 
Number of 6 Average 
active uantity value per 
SUT mills reported, | Pe cent.| 1°09 feet 
reporting. f. o. b. mill. 
Feet 6. m. 
WanitedeStatesearses tant see een meee aeeee cs 492 333, 243, 000 100.0 $19. 86 
TIGA aS hes La nee eee pete Sls fa ea eg 58 119, 941, 000 36.0 19.50 
IM WOW AYE OY eee oe og ae a ts cea eae Pee atop 34 114, 250, 000 34.3 20. 70 
\AV eS aN ae RON S = Cars ees Sey as See eee a eee ae enya 60 48, 248, 000 4.5 15. 04 
AWA SC OMS eee erros See e ee So Oe oe eit Rea a Lo 113 16, 496, 000 4.9 26. 25 
ONE SOME eat Benne AR aS ao aS we Se 16 12, 841, 000 3.8 18.17 
VRIES 6 ae ena Bien ee eee ern a Noes ue ae 97 - 11,890, 000 3.6 23.06 
MGC = scans ge OE Gee Sas Omen eae ane cae 82 9,348, 000 2.8 25.76 
All abner States (see Summary, p. 42)-......--.-.-- 32 229, 000 1 26.60 
1 Western larch (Larix occidentalis) is the species cut in the Inland Empire and the Pacific Northwest. 
Tamarack, or larch (Zariz larcina) is cut in the Lake States and New England States. 
BEECH. 
The reported total output of beech of 255,440,000 feet was smaller 
by 23,000,000 feet, or 8 per cent, than the 1917 cut. The production 
of beech is well distributed among the States, no Commonwealth or 
region dominating the cut. West Virginia with an increased cut of 
3 per cent over the year before displaced Indiana in second position 
in rank of producing States. The output in New York and New 
Hampshire was larger than for the year before. 
The average mill value for beech of $25.06 was $5.48 per 1,000 feet, 
or 28 per cent, above the 1917 value. ? 
