48 BULLETIN 1119^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 18. — Reported production of chestnut ^ lumber in 1920. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 475,000 M feet.] 
State. 
United States 
West Virginia 
Virginia 
North Carolina 
Pennsylvania 
Tennessee 
Connecticut 
New York 
Massachusetts 
Kentucky 
Ohio 
Maryland 
New Jersey 
Rhode Island 
Georgia 
All other States (see Table 37, p. 56) 
Number 
of active 
mills 
reporting. 
2,977 
279 
421 
157 
617 
198 
117 
419 
110 
258 
167 
87 
44 
16 
6 
81 
Quantity reported. 
M feet b . m . Per cent 
379,675 
97,301 
56,103 
47, 170 
45,067 
32,653 
22, 875 
17, 780 
17,682 
16,011 
7, 227 
5,342 
3,764 
3,135 
2,561 
5,004 
100.0 
25,6 
14. 8 
12.4 
11.9 
8.6 
6.0 
4.7 
4.7 
4.2 
1.9 
1.4 
1.0 
.8 
.7 
1.3 
Average 
value per 
1,000 feet 
f . o. b.min. 
S42. 48 
50.93 
46.86 
39.42 
37.09 
42.52 
35. 59 
42. 38 
30.50 
32.40 
39.92 
34.46 
46.11 
32.94 
34. 57 
32.11 
1 Chestnut ( Castanea dentata) is the only species included in chestnut lumber. 
Table 19. — Reported production of birch ^ lumber in 1920. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 405,000 M feet.] 
State. 
Number 
of active 
mills 
reporting. 
Quantity reported. 
M feet b. m, 
Per cent. 
Average 
value per 
1,000 feet 
f. o. b.mill. 
United States . 
Wisconsin . 
Michigan.. 
New York . 
Maine 
Vermont.. 
1,882 
346, 577 
100.0 
S53.44 
West Virginia 
New Hampshire 
Minnesota? 
Pennsylvania 
All other States (see Table 37, p. 56). 
198 
128 
445 
128 
189 
77 
104 
78 
181 
3.54 
177,305 
58,866 
33, 221 
17,496 
15,307 
10,910 
10.023 
6;427 
6,370 
10,652 
51.2 
17.0 
9.6 
5.0 
4.4 
57.27 
54.88 
52.04 
39. 01 
42. 75 
69. 21 
35. 01 
36.00 
51.71 
37.69 
1 Yellow birch (Beiula lutea) is the principal species cut in (he Lake States, New England, and New 
York. Paper birch (7?. TJapyri/rra) and white (or gray) birch (£.pop«Zj/oZta) are also cut to alimited extent 
in New England. Sweet (or cherry) birch (B. lentn) is cut in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. River 
(or red) birch {B. nigra) is cut in the Southern States. 
Table 20. — Reported production of larch ^ lumber in 1920. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 390,000 M feet.] 
State. 
Number 
of active 
mills 
reporting. 
Quantity reported. 
M feet b. m.j Per cent. 
Average 
value per 
1,000 feet 
f. o. b.mill. 
United States 
Idaho 
528 
375, 103 
100.0 
?30.28 
62 
142, 103 
37.9 
31.01 
Montana 
44 
112,400 
30.0 
30.22 
Washington 
75 
66,266 
17.7 
28. 01 
Oregon 
19 
17,938 
4.8 
31.97 
Michigan 
86 
12,457 
3.3 
3L89 
Wisconsin...'^ 
114 
11,765 
3.1 
28.71 
Minnesota 
89 
11,706 
3.1 
31.68 
All other States (see Table 37, p. 56) 
39 
468 
.1 
38.85 
1 Western larch (Larix occidentalis) is the species cut in the inland Empire and the Pacific Northwest. 
Tamarack, or larch (i. laricina), is cut in the Lake States and New England. 
