40 BULLETIN 845, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE 38.—Reported production of lath, 1916-18. 
Number of active mills 
Quantity reported (number of pieces). 
1,770 | 1,362,187, 000 
State. 
1918 
United States? 2-2 909 
pOUWISIENAS 2. oe Boe eee ee 53 
Minnesota:=..- 52+ ee 31 
Washington == 20S see 42 
Wisconsin —. -5.===. - AEE. ee 75 
MISSISSIPPI: 2 oh ee 27 
OTe cots ee a ee eee 23 
Tahoe See ee See 20 
Manet es sh) eee eee ee 50 
TIONG Ase eee ee ee oe 22 
Michioanees=< 26 here eae | 42 
West. Virsinia- <2. = =- see 29 
ACT AaS AS Se ee eee ee 30 
(Alabama. ts os. eet ae 18 
Cahiormiac sae eee eee 10 
Montan asa). 5 eee eee | 11 
TDR AS RO Aes Sere Re ora 11 
All other States (see Summary, 
FES 2) ae ae IO ge eee eee ae 
PRODUCTION OF SHINGLES. 
reporting. 
1917 | 1916 
1,456 
68 69 
45 53 
58 64 
113 121 
33 30 
32 46 
22 24 
106 139 
27 28 
62 80 
54 80 
31 30 
31 39 
20 19 
16 12 
18 20 
720 916 
236, 543, 000 
155,905,000 
154, 668, 000 
122, 858, 000 
81,598, 000 
78, 780, 000 
70, 494,000 
62, 671,000 
55, 171,000 
48, 533,000 
33, 289, 000 
26, 481, 000 
25, 227,000 
22° 281,000 
21, 903, 000 
21, 866, 000 
143,919, 000 
133, 925, 000° 
132, 418, 000 
86, 264; 000 
142; 488, 000 
97,954,000 
84,352, 000 
44, 233,000 
147, 578, 000 
39, 685, 000 
37, 651, 000 
23,332, 000 
47,654, 000 
287, 038, 000 
2, 754, 688, 000 
354,551,000 
267, 788, 000 
264, 690, 000 
218, 598, 000 
162, 689, 000 
142, 352, 000 
117,365, 000 
215,117,000. 
85, 187,000 
109,323,000 
96, 665, 000 
78, 157, 000 
64, 922, 000 
30, 713, 000 
25,522, 000 
42, 686, 000 
478, 363, 000 
Shingle production showed a decrease in 1918 of 35 per cent from 
the 1917 figures. 
preceding year. 
was 5,690,182,000. 
indicate the inactivity of 880 mills which were active in 1916. 
The 1917 output was less by 7 per cent than the 
The number of shingles reported produced in 1918 
The number of mills reporting was 1,052, in 
comparison with 1,619 in 1917 and 1,932 in 1916. 
The figures would 
Wash- 
ington’s output of 4,238,714,000 shingles is three-fourths of the whole 
number manufactured in the United States. 
All of the States, with 
the exception of Tennessee, show a decreased production in 1918. 
The decline in Washington was 33 per cent from the year before. 
TABLE 39.—Reported production of shingles, 1916-18. 
Quantity reported (number of pieces). 
Number of active mills 
reporting. 
State. 
1918 1917 1916 
United States.2. 2622.2 | 1,052 | 1,619} 1,922 
Wrashine fone. 5 eee 15 230 238 
Orecon 32S 5 pe eae eee 25 42 50 
MOUISTaNnd =. oo eee eee jd 55 53 
IMichioon® 22 S525 See 48 69 69 
California 23k 2282 Sees 20 41 52 
Plorida2: 20; 2 So eee ye 37 49 51 
WASCOHStt 2 @ = oo ee eee 63 7 73 
MAING? 225. See 100 150 200 
Alabania: 2.3 ees eee 60 94 113 
NorthiCaroling 2226s 66 110 135 
Georela nf Ae a) Sens eee 37 116 148 
‘TenTIeSSGe? |S es ohre 28 ee 33 45 54 
idaho tS. 23s eh eee 4 7 9 
ATKANSSS Be. eee eee ae 35 44 42 
Allother States = Summary, 
2.42) 222 eee 322 494 645 
146, 071, 000 
102, 725, 000 
91,907, 000 
87, 193, 000 
50,065,000 
48, 080, 000 
46, 395, 000 
32, 893, 000 
25, 870, 000 
72,940,000 | 
| 
261, 434, 000 
143, 792, 000 
151,726, 000 
166, 101, 000 
54, 735, 000 
73, 703, 000 
112, 430, 000 
5,167,000 
52, 631,000 
59, 927, 000 
162, 424, 000 
6, 739, 388, 000 
” 471, 762; 000 
404° 263,000 
201; 171, 000 
348, 622,000 
131, 795, 000 
175, 455, 000 
217, 543, 000 
81, 414, 000 
123, 959, 000 
45, 411,000 
209, 651, 000 
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