PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1918. 395 
ASH. 
The reported output of ash in 1918, totaling 147,414,000 feet, was 
within 7 per cent of the cut for the previous year. In practically 
every State the production was smaller; the decline in Louisiana 
amounted to 9 per cent, in Arkansas 7 per cent, in Tennessee 5 per 
cent, and in Wisconsin 6 per cent, while the output in Indiana was 
nearly the same as in 1917. 
Ash has next to the highest average value of any domestic wood. 
A 29 per cent increase in the average value took place during the 
year. The 1917 value was $30.01; the 1918 value, $38.70. 
TABLE 30.—Reported production of ash! lumber, 1918. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 170,000,000 feet.] 
Number of Average 
active Quantity value per 
State. mills reported. Per cent. 1,000 thet 
reporting. f. o. b. mill, 
| Feet b. m. 
WUMIfediStaless-maceeccerheu cet eat eccees tees e | 2, 826 147, 414, 000 100.0 $38.70 
LOGIE es ES ee ee 62 19, 497, 000 13.2 34.76 
PREKATISAS So amici te ae alam ala icin ceinaics aeclcic tens ciniwis'sic's = 102 19, 321, 000 13.1 39.05 
LENDIGSSEO.- cabo csasse ceoe gebos sceseoscoe tessa seer 151 12, 938, 000 8.8 44.05 
WVHISEONSIN eee sana cee iaac tok aus cas teehee cans 162 12, 887, 000 8.7 32.13 
ENOIAD A oe a cate tncwec ccs cece eassxee sins so eccccisse 195 12,300, 000 8.4 50. 91 
ING Wig VOR Kae tee ctw aye ae tate ae eae oo ae easel 548 8, 974, 000 6.1 39.49 
OHIO ae teas a wale oe owe ee isons wane ees suase 217 7, 873, 000 5.3 48. 97 
IMGSSISSID Pls a semanas Scie eee ee eee ends tote ace Ses 80 7, 250, 000 4,9 40. 50 
WESEAVOFSIN Take 5. Soe em ne cee ne Caace sence ce ee tee 107 5, 854, 000 4.0 43.89 
MICH SAnaese sents cenowe ea aek sso mee eeaenes 134 5, 627, 000 3.8 33.29 
IMEISS OURS Sa ceetncia eee eee cae ae ee ine ene ines cai 54 5, 442, 000 Baw é 35. 58 
LEST aA (C3 ae ee Se | 124 4, 128, 000 2.8 35. 24 
All other States (see Summary, p. 42).....-..------ 890 25, 323, 000 ie2 SS. ey) 
1 Lumber trade practice specifies white ash and brown ash. The former is cut from the white ash tree- 
and the latter from the black ash tree. 
Green ash ( Flazinus lanceolata) is cut in the Southern States. 
White ash ( Flazinus americana) is cut in the Central States. 
Black ash ( Flazinus nigra) is cut in the Lake States and Northeastern States. 
Red ash (Flazinus pennsylvanica) is cut in limited quantity in the Eastern States. 
Oregon ash ( Flazinus oregona) is cut in the Pacific Northwest. 
SUGAR PINE. 
Decreased manufacture of sugar pine to the extent of 16 per cent 
took place in 1918 from the year before. The total output reported 
was 111,800,000 feet. A reduction in the number of active mills is 
noticeable for both California and Oregon. 
The average value of sugar pine was $28.26 per 1,000 feet in 1918, 
an increase over the 1917 value of $3.57, or 14 per cent. 
TasLeE 31.—Reported production of sugar pine’ lumber, 1918. 
Number of | P Average 
active uantity value per 
State. mills reported. Per cent. 4909 feet 
reporting. f. o. b. mill. 
————————————— | SSS SSE 
| Feet b. m. 
TES ee ee 5A | 111,800,000] 100.0 $28.26 
Beeler es kn ee Ps cae Bete a 43 108, 423,000| 97.0 28.52 
RC AOR Re eye oe er se Sees we mS eee ances ii 3, 377, 000 3.0 20.14 
1 Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) is the only species cut as such and is found only in California and south. 
ern Oregon. 
