PRODUCTION OF LUMBER, LATH, AND SHINGLES IN 1918. 39 
MINOR SPECIES. 
In Table 37 is shown the quantity reported sawed of a number of 
woods, both domestic and imported, which have more or less special 
uses and which are in themselves not important enough to be tabu- 
lated and discussed separately. The tabulation also indicates the 
average value reported and the States in which the several woods 
were sawed. Mahogany forms the largest single item listed; the 
production was 17 per cent smaller than in 1917. The reported 
output of locust was almost 5 times greater and that of Spanish 
cedar almost 10 times greater in 1918 than in 1917. 
TABLE 37.—Keported production of minor species, 1918. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 60,963,000 feet.] 
| 5 ae VOrAES 
F | uantity value per si 
Kind of wood. | reported. 1,000 feet States reporting. 
| f. o. b. mill. 
| 
Feet b. m. 
Motalese ese Letts 56, 079, 000 $82. 80 
Mahosany 5 22 2 21, 474, 000 160. 62 | La., Ky., Calif. 
WWallO Weer fei See 6, 269, 000 24.90 | La., Miss., Mo., Ark., Tenn., Ohio, Pa., Iowa., N. Y. 
Cheriyyeyens eee woes 5, 277, 000 43.79 | W. Va., Pa., INS, enn... Ind. Ni. Ory Va., Mass., 
Mich., Ohio, Ky., N. H., Wis., Vt., Conn., La. 
No blesfine ays es ue os 4} 5, 201, 000 18.82 | Oreg. 
WOCUSER Mer es ree | 5, 020, 000 46.31 | N. Y., Tenn., Oreg., Ind., Ark., W. Va., Va., N. C., 
Pa., Mo., La., N. J., Ky., Miss., Md., Ohio. 
BUCkovc en ee 3, 646, 000 29.47 | Tenn., N. C., Va., W. Va., Ky., Ohio. 
Spanish cedar.......... 2) 217, 000 87.65 | La., Ky., Calif. 
CGA ee here ee 1, 865, 000 27.91 | La., Ark., Miss., Tenn., Ills. 
Maem olin eee 1, 579, 000 23.52 | Tex., La., Ga. 
Hackberryis. ak ccs oe 1, 133, 000 21.53 | Ark., La., Miss., Tenn., Ala., Ohio, Ill., Ind., Mo. 
LNG ae oe ee Seen eee re. 960, 000 15.70 | Wash. Oreg., Calif. 
iBuitenmutes es 529, 000 30.22 | Wis., W. Va., Mass., Ind., Pa., Va., Vt., Mich., 
N. Y., Tenn., N. 6., Ky. 
aurele ep ws gr oe 300, 000 1 45.00 | Calif. 
Reds Baytesserc nee ae 268, 000 21.11 | Ga., Miss. 
@ucumberse wer 130, 000 29.61 | W. Va., N. Y., Pa., Md., Ky. 
RETSimMmMOnN = 222 ee 70, 000 24.10 | S. C., Miss., Ark., Ga., La., Tenn. 
Mirlberrys222 ee oe 40, 000 20.63 | Ga., Ky. 
LOM bean ee ene 40, 000 60. 00 | Mass. 
SHOEI g oes eee See 31, 000 23.19 | Mo., Ark., Miss., Tll., Ky., Tenn., Ohio. 
Boxceldersees Son evce.s 13, 000 25.00 | N.C. 
IMATIOR ere pene eee 9,000 100.00 | Calif. 
@hithomee tS. 4, 000 24.00 | N. 
LaIGIhAAsse Se eee aeeeee 3, 000 26. 67 | La., N. C 
Cofiee tree: 2224.0 5-=- 1,000 30.00 | Ind 
1 Arbitrary value assigned. 
PRODUCTION OF LATH. 
Lath production in the United States decreased 40 per cent in 1918 
in comparison with the output in 1917. The 1917 cut was 17 per 
cent less than that of 1916. The smaller output reflected the light 
demand and the character of construction work carried on during the 
year; lath production fluctuates each year with the number and class 
of buildings put up. The reduction in lath production was general. 
For each State listed a decrease is noticeable in a comparison of the 
1918 figures with those of the year before. 3 
The mills reporting their lath cut in 1918 numbered 909, while in 
1917 the number was 1,456. Table 38 shows the number of active 
milis reporting and the production of each for the last few years. 
