LUMBER CUT OF UNITED STATES, 1870-1920. 
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Table 21. — Reported jproduction of yellow poplar ^ lumber in 1920. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 350,000 M feet.] 
State. 
Number ! Quantity reported. 
of active I 
mills 
reporting, i M feet b. m. 
United States 
West Virginia 
Tennessee 
Virginia 
Kentucky 
North Carolina 
Georgia 
Alabama 
Mississippi 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Pennsylvania 
South CaroUna 
Marvland 
All other States (see Table 37, p. 56) 
2,583 
270, 407 
Per cent. 
100.0 
Average 
value per 
1,000 feet 
f. o. b.milL 
m«7 
236 
421 
329 
294 
220 
87 
198 
97 
174 
166 
157 
27 
56 
121 
64,443 
45,436 
34,738 
31, 462 
20,584 
17,169 
16, 933 
10, 915 
9,304 
5,875 
4,528 
3, 789 
2, 077 
3,154 
23.8 
16.8 
12. 8 
11. 
.6 
7.6 
6.4 
6.3 
4.0 
3.4 
2.2 
1.7 
1.4 
.8 
1.2 
74.28 
60. 15 
55. 15 
54.26 
49.61 
62.86 
39.79 
45.43 
59. 51 
61.40 
49. 01 
42. 71 
40.24 
39.83 
1 Yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) is the only species that goes into poplar lumber. 
Table 22. — Reported production of beech ^ lumber in 1920. 
[Computed total production in the United States, 325,000 M feet.] 
State. 
Number 
of active 
Quantity reported. 
Average 
value per 
mills 
reporting. 
Mfeetb.m. 
Per cent. 
1,000 feet 
f. 0. b.milL 
United States 
3, 051 
2(>4, 572 
100.0 
%r:>. 51 
New York 
?*Iichigan 
Pennsylvania 
Indiana 
West Virginia 
Ohio 
Kentucky 
Louisiana 
Tennessee 
Vermont 
New Hampshire 
Virginia 
Mississippi 
North CaroUna 
AU other States (see Table 37, p. 56). 
700 
127 
247 
314 
196 
304 
283 
33 
285 
132 
58 
67 
39 
30 
236 
43, 982 
41, 987 
34, 471 
33,471 
27,826 
18, 970 
17, 565 
10,446 
8,711 
6,206 
4,447 
4,189 
2,289 
2,154 
7,858 
16.6 
1.5.9 
13.0 
12. 
10. 
1.7 
1.6 
.9 
.8 
3.0 
37.59 
41.28 
37.29 
35.83 
40.92 
33.99 
2S. 74 
26.14 
29.84 
36.04 
34.42 
47. 79 
32.42 
32.26 
31.41 
1 Beech ( Fagus airopunicea) is the only species ttiat goes into beech lumber. 
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