PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1918. 33 
BASSWCOD. 
Basswood production, reported as 174,661,000 feet in 1918, was 8 
per cent below that of 1917. In Wisconsin the cut was 7 per cent 
. greater than the year before, and the State’s proportion of the entire 
output of the country increased from 35.5 per cent to 41.5 per cent. 
Michigan’s production decreased 22 per cent and West Virginia’s 
19 per cent. | 
An increase of $8.04 per 1,000 feet—from $25.96 in 1917 to $34 in 
1918—took place in the average mill value for basswood. The 
increase is 31 per cent. . 
TABLE 27.—Reported production of basswood! lumber, 1918. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 200,000,000 feet.] 
| 
Number of | | Average 
active | Quantity | value per 
State. mills | reported. Per cent.! 4 000 feet 
reporting. | | f. 0. b. mill. 
Feet b. m. | 
ETILGU SCALES: se oe kth howe eee ee as tee 2,102 | 174, 661, 000 100.0 | $34. 00 
WisISCONSIRRS a et I eRe a gaac ca ke Baw een k ae | 259 | 72, 462, 000 41.5 | 34. 68 
Wiicheinenrpee ts wae See Ee a BES se | 162 | 29, 788, 000 17.0 36. 04 
WWiOS tan Ina ee oa cos ho ee ee A ee | 141 |} 17, 195, 000 9.9 35. 34 
NGWaVOrReer ee ors Bae es eA Te | 539 | 12; 265, 000 7.0 33. 19 
Niieetinnin eee opty Ste eae See ke ce ee oe 57 | 5, 895, 000 3.4 36.13 
Ren nESSCOM ea eres. aes re oe e's 63 5, 013, 000 2.9 32. 00 
PriGianit ee ee eer eet PA Ie | 100 4, 805, 000 2.7 34.13 
OO ee ee reas wae ie eee Re eS ES 138 4,775, 000 Dash 32. 34 
INOEER Carolinas. oS. se ewe wee eee Seat See eee tenes 65 4,718, 000 2.7 30. 09 
IGrvb ile ey Sees wit ee eee 65 4,249, 000 2.4 28. 94 
IRennsphvania seme me tenes one ee eee ccs 140 3, 437, 000 2.0 29. 33 
EViGEIN OM GE soca es eee nee ee ee oni Se Re Bee se 117 3, 286, 000 1.9 32. 33 
METRO SO Lace sere aaron aie eae eels Ju semua eieee's 77 2, 968, 000 lig? 23.11 
All other States (see Summary, p. 42)-............. 179 3, 805, 000 DED 28. 07 
1 Basswood (or linn) (Tilia americana) is cut in the Lake States. 
White basswood ( Tilia heterophylia) is cut in the Appalachian Mountain region. 
Downy basswood ( Tilia pubescens) is cut in limited quantity in the Southern States. 
ELM. 
The reported cut of elm in 1918, amounting to 166,481,000 feet, 
is 13 per cent smaller than that for the preceding year. The cut in 
Wisconsin, the leading State in production, was less than 1 per cent 
smaller than in 1917. A decrease is recorded of 20 per cent in Mich- 
igan, 14 per cent in Arkansas, and 25 per cent in Indiana. 
The upward trend in prices carried the average mill value from 
$23.89 in 1917 to $28.19 in 1918, an increase of $4.30, or 18 per cent, 
per 1,000 feet. 3 
